Phytochemical Screening and In Vitro Evaluation of the Antioxidant Potential of Dichloromethane Extracts of Strychnos henningsii Gilg. and Ficus sycomorus L.

Table 2

Total phenolic contents of DCM extracts of S. henningsii and F. sycomorus.

Mass in mg/g gallic acid equivalent
Groups	0.1 mg/g	0.2 mg/g	0.3 mg/g	0.4 mg/g	0.5 mg/g
S. henningsii	4.3 ± 0.01^a	10.7 ± 0.01^a	16.7 ± 0.01^a	22.0 ± 0.01^a	29.0 ± 0.01^a
F. sycomorus	2.3 ± 0.01^b	5.0 ± 0.01^b	9.7 ± 0.01^b	16.0 ± 0.01^b	23.0 ± 0.015^b

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM of the three replicates. Column means followed by the same superscript letters are not significantly different () by the unpaired Student’s t-test.