Research Article

Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Tetracarpidium conophorum (Müll. Arg) Hutch & Dalziel Leaves

Table 2

Total antioxidant activity (FRAP assay).

Standard/extractFRAPa

A175 ± 0.01b
B200.25 ± 0.02b
C204.5 ± 0.02b
D281 ± 0.03b
Ascorbic acid287 ± 0.07

aexpressed in units of μmol Fe(II)/g. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, , b compared to ascorbic acid.