Evaluation of antioxidant profile of various solvent extracts of Carissa opaca leaves: an edible plant

BMC Chemistry

Table 3 Correlations between the EC₅₀ values of antioxidant activities and phenolic and flavonoids content of C. opaca leaves

Assays	Correlation R²
Assays	Phenolics	Flavonoids (ns)
EC₅₀ of DPPH radical scavenging ability	0.1774ns	0.5133
EC₅₀ of superoxide radical scavenging ability	0.628a	0.1421
EC₅₀ of antioxidant capacity	0.175ns	0.3276
EC₅₀ of hydroxyl radical scavenging ability	0.4215ns	0.3649
EC₅₀ of hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging ability	0.3411ns	0.1284
EC₅₀ of ABTS radical scavenging ability	0.0033ns	0.2154
EC₅₀ of β-carotene bleaching inhibition	0.1191ns	0.0953
EC₅₀ of chelating power	0.0084ns	0.0079

C. opaca leaves methanol extract and its soluble fractions were used in the correlation
Significantly different depicts that a (p < 0.05), ns (non-significant)

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