Vernonia condensata Baker (Asteraceae): A Promising Source of Antioxidants

Table 2

Antioxidant activity of the ethanol extract and fractions from Vernonia condensata leaves by phosphomolybdenum reducing power method.

Plant extract/chemical	Relative antioxidant activity (%)
	Rutin	Ascorbic acid
Ethanol extract (EE)	94.87±0.09	24.90±0.02
Hexane fraction (HF)	56.02±0.06	13.54±0.01
Dichloromethane fraction (DF)	135.00±0.04	32.63±0.01
Ethyl acetate fraction (EF)	127.00±0.01	30.68±0.01
Butanol fraction (BF)	105.00±0.04	25.34±0.01

Each value in the table is represented as mean ± S.E.M. (𝑛=3). The values are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).