Comparative Quantitative Study on Phytochemical Contents and Antioxidant Activities of Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.

Table 3

IC₅₀ values of the varieties of Capsicum spp. extracts and standard drugs.

	DPPH		ABTS		Nitric oxide		Phosphomolybdenum
Sample/standard	Ethanolic	Aqueous	Ethanolic	Aqueous	Ethanolic	Aqueous	Ethanolic	Aqueous
C. annuum var. abbreviatum	0.0779	0.0523	0.0033	0.0046	0.1803	> 0.4	0.0902	0.2635
C. annuum var. acuminatum	> 0.08	0.0153	0.0103	0.0047	0.2379	> 0.4	0.1636	0.2171
C. annuum var. grossum	> 0.08	0.0261	0.0067	0.0043	0.2395	> 0.4	0.0951	0.3522
C. frutescens var. baccatum	> 0.08	0.0206	0.0024	0.0031	0.0971	> 0.4	0.0892	0.2651
Rutin	0.0059	0.0059	0.0057	0.0057	> 0.4	> 0.4	0.0743	0.0743
Gallic	-	-	0.0046	0.0046	-	-	0.0485	0.0485
BHT	-	-	0.0074	0.0074	0.2075	0.2075	0.374	0.374