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

Table 3

Total flavonoid content of DCM extracts of S. henningsii and F. sycomorus.

Mass in mg/g rutin equivalent
Groups	0.2 mg/g	0.4 mg/g	0.6 mg/g	0.8 mg/g	1.0 mg/g
S. henningsii	15.7 ± 0.00^a	22.7 ± 0.00^a	37.7 ± 0.00^a	44.3 ± 0.00^a	53.0 ± 0.00^a
F. sycomorus	10.3 ± 0.01^a	16.0 ± 0.01^b	23.7 ± 0.01^b	34.3 ± 0.00^b	38.3 ± 0.00^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.