Evaluation of flavonoids and diverse antioxidant activities of Sonchus arvensis

BMC Chemistry

Table 4 IC ₅₀ of various fractions of Sonchus for diverse antioxidant systems

*Sonchus arvensis* fraction	Super oxide radical scavenging assay	DPPH radical scavenging assay activity	ABTS⁺radical scavenging assay
Methanolic extract	35 ± 1.7 ^a	3.4 ± 0.3^a	65.7 ± 3.7^a
Chloroform fraction	45.7 ± 2.2 ^b	4.1 ± 0.5^a	81.5 ± 4.5^b
Ethyl acetate fraction	65.3 ± 2.7 ^c	6.7 ± 0.2^b	100.7 ± 7.5^c
N-hexane fraction	89.2 ± 3.9 ^d	10.1 ± 0.8^c	123.5 ± 5.8^d
Ascorbic acid	69.6 ± 4.1 ^c	3.9 ± 0.7^a	86.3 ± 4.5^b

Each value in the table is represented as Mean ± SD (n=3) Means not sharing the same letter are significantly different (LSD) at P<0.01 probability level in each column.

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