Antioxidant Property of Aerial Parts and Root of Phyllanthus fraternus Webster, an Important Medicinal Plant

Table 3

Lipid peroxidation activity of P. fraternus aqueous and ethanolic extracts of aerial part and root.

Concentration (µg/mL)	Percentage inhibition (mean ± SE)
	Aerial Part		Root
	Aqueous extract	Ethanol extract	Aqueous extract	Ethanol extract
500	18.22±1.05	20.76±1.05	—	15.97±0.62^∗∗
1000	42.0±1.73^∗∗	47.92±3.84^∗∗	9.85±4.66	39.00±0.41^∗∗
2000	62.34±1.52^∗∗	63.22±0.75^∗∗	31.16±1.18^∗∗	54.83±0.27^∗∗
3000	81.07±0.64^∗∗	83.45±0.54^∗∗	45.54±0.12^∗∗	69.74±0.82^∗∗
4000	93.34±0.48^∗∗	96.55±0.27^∗∗	57.04±1.63^∗∗	83.92±0.62^∗∗
6000	—	—	85.57±0.30^∗∗	—
EC50	1533	1521	3547	1957

EC₅₀ of Ascorbic acid is 643.89.
∗∗Significant at 𝑃<0.001.