Research Article
Antioxidant Property of Aerial Parts and Root of Phyllanthus fraternus Webster, an Important Medicinal Plant
Table 2
Superoxide radical scavenging activity of P. fraternus aqueous and ethanolic extracts of aerial part and root.
| Aerial part | Root | Concentration (µg/mL) | Aqueous extract | Ethanol extract |
Concentration (µg/mL) | Aqueous extract | Ethanol extract | Percentage inhibition (mean ± SE) | Percentage inhibition (mean ± SE) | Percentage inhibition (mean ± SE) | Percentage inhibition (mean ± SE) |
| 20 | | | 50 | | | 40 | | | 100 | | | 60 | | | 200 | | | 80 | | | 400 | | | 100 | | — | 600 | | | | | | 800 | | — | EC50 | 52 | 55 | EC50 | 391 | 201 |
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EC50 of Copper sulphate is 4.18. Significant at P < 0.001.
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