Research Article

Interaction of Ziziphus mucronata subsp. mucronata Methanol Extract and First-Line Antibiotics is Synergistic In Vitro through Production of Reactive Oxygen Species

Table 3

ABTS inhibition (%) by the methanol extract of Z. mucronata.

% inhibitions of ABTS+ ± SD at different concentrations of the extracts
Conc.0.02 mg/mL0.04 mg/mL0.06 mg/mL0.08 mg/mL0.1 mg/mLIC50

ZMM43.67 ± 0.02e58.6 ± 0.02d81.67 ± 0.03c92.33 ± 0.03b97.00 ± 0.02a0.023 ± 0.02
BHT34.96 ± 0.02e49.2 ± 0.03d81.86 ± 0.02c91.92 ± 0.02b97.78 ± 0.03a0.041 ± 0.03
Ascorbic acid35.23 ± 0.02e47.56 ± 0.02d78.23 ± 0.02c94.77 ± 0.02b96.89 ± 0.03a0.042 ± 0.02

Average ABTS scavenging activities with different superscripts along the same row are significantly different ().