In Vitro Hypoglycemic and Antioxidant Activities of Dichloromethane Extract of Xerophyta spekei

Table 3

Phytochemical compounds with antioxidant activity identified in the quantitative analysis of the dichloromethanolic (DCM) extract of X. spekei.

RT	Compound	Concentration (mg/g)	Reported activity
18.83	Phenol 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)	0.30 ± 0.04	Antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant [30]
24.0	E-15-heptadecenal	0.37 ± 0.05	Antioxidant [32]
25.16	Methyl stearate	0.16 ± 0.03	Antioxidant [32]
25.19	Phytols	0.90 ± 0.09	Antioxidant, antispasmodic, anticonvulsant, and anticancer [33, 34]
26.55	Dodecanoic acid and undecyl ester	1.11 ± 0.10	Antioxidant [32]
28.53	Coumaran-6-ol-3-one and 2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)	1.23 ± 0.28	Anticancer and antioxidant [30, 33]
29.62	1H-benzoimidazole, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxymethyl)	7.89 ± 1.57	Antioxidant, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and anticancer [35–37]
30.77	Tetracosane	3.76 ± 0.78	Anticancer and antioxidant [38, 39]
31.12	Squalene	5.24 ± 1.06	Antioxidant, cardioprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial [40–42]
37.22	Ursa-9(11),12-dien-3-one	5.84 ± 1.18	Antioxidant and anticancer [43]
37.62	Stigmasterol	12.99 ± 2.55	Antioxidant and anticancer [39, 44]
46.6	Purin-2,6-dione, 1,3-dimethyl-8-[2-nitrophenethenyl]	6.71 ± 1.34	Antioxidant [45]

RT, retention time. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM for replicate measurement (n = 3).