Evaluation of phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of various solvent extracts of Sonchus asper (L.) Hill

BMC Chemistry

Table 3 Correlations between the IC₅₀ values of antioxidant activities, phenolics and flavonoids content of S.asper

Assays (IC₅₀ μg/ml)	Correlations R²
	Phenolics	Flavonoids
DPPH	0.9762^b	0.8843^b
Iron chelating assay	0.8101^b	0.7657^a
Super oxide radical scavenging	0.6987^a	0.6765^b
Hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay	0.1223	0.1056
Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity	0.2003	0.2060
ABTS⁺ radical scavenging assay	0.8821^b	0.7797^a

S.asper methanolic extract and its soluble fractions were used in the correlation. a, b indicate significance at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01 respectively

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