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Table 4 DPPH radical scavenging activity and reducing power of methanolic extracts of T. apollinea in comparison with gallic acid

From: Medicinally active principles analysis of Tephrosia apollinea (Delile) DC. growing in the United Arab Emirates

Antioxidant activity

Concentration (µg/ml)

Inhibition (%)

Concentration (µg/ml)

Absorbance 700 nm

GAE

TAE

GAE

TAE

10

38.1 ± 1.8

40.6 ± 2.2

10

0.061 ± 0.015

0.268 ± 0.024

20

43.1 ± 2.7

54.6 ± 1.8

20

0.072 ± 0.022

0.298 ± 0.028

30

58.1 ± 1.2

59.6 ± 3.8

30

0.084 ± 0.017

0.314 ± 0.022

40

62.1 ± 3.4

61.5 ± 2.6

40

0.091 ± 0.013

0.333 ± 0.031

50

67.5 ± 4.3

72.1 ± 3.3

50

0.110 ± 0.011

0.340 ± 0.024

IC50

29.41

31.09

R2 value

0.956

0.984

  1. Values are the average of triplicate experiments and represented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. GAE gallic acid equivalent, TAE T. apollinea extract