Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extracts of Thirteen Cameroonian Antibacterial Dietary Plants

Table 2

Total reducing power of the methanol extracts of thirteen antibacterial edible plants.

Plant extracts	Total reducing power (AAE)
Amaranthus hybridus	1.62 ± 0.12^g
Amaranthus cruentus	3.21 ± 0.49^f
Cucumis melo	8.41 ± 0.60^b
Lactuca capensis	2.83 ± 0.04^f
Lactuca sativa	6.37 ± 0.54^d
Manihot esculenta	8.22 ± 0.40^bc
Piper nigrum	30.13 ± 0.92^a
Sechium edule	4.87 ± 0.15^e
Solanum nigrum	3.37 ± 0.71^f
Talinum triangulare	3.31 ± 0.43^f
Telfairia occidentalis	4.54 ± 0.23^e
Vernonia hymenolepis	5.98 ± 0.11^d
Vernonia amygdalina	7.44 ± 0.36^c

AAE: μg of ascorbic acid equivalents per gram of dried extract.