Evaluation of flavonoids and diverse antioxidant activities of Sonchus arvensis

BMC Chemistry

Table 5 IC ₅₀ of various fractions of Sonchus arvensis for diverse antioxidant systems

*Sonchus arvensis* fraction	Reducing power	Hydroxyl scavenging assay	Hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay	Total antioxidant activity
Methanolic extract	53.1 ± 2.7 ^a	26.4 ± 0.9^a	86.4 ± 7.1 ^a	67.0 ± 3.8 ^a
Chloroform fraction	81.3 ± 3.2 ^b	38.1 ± 1.6^b	90.2 ± 8.5 ^b	90.7 ± 5.9 ^b
Ethyl acetate fraction	112.4 ± 5.1^c	43.1 ± 3.9^b	120.3 ± 9.5 ^b	110.5 ± 7.0 ^c
N-hexane fraction	134.6 ± 4.6^d	78.6 ± 3.2^c	145.1 ± 6.6 ^c	1322.21 ± 8.4 ^d
Ascorbic acid	55.7 ± 2.0 ^a	24.2 ± 2.65^a	90.3 ± 7.5 ^a	70.3 ± 3.5 ^a

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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