Research Article
Chemical Profiling and Biological Activities on Nepalese Medicinal Plant Extracts and Isolation of Active Fraction of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Table 3
DPPH radical scavenging activity as IC50.
| Plant extracts | Radical scavenging (IC50) µg/mL |
| Nyctanthes arbor-tristis | 27.38 ± 1.35 | Mallotus philippensis (seed cover) | 32.08 ± 2.81 | Pogostemon benghalensis | 32.75 ± 2.13 | Litsea monopetala | 33.82 ± 1.07 | Phoenix humilis | 40.14 ± 0.93 | Neolamarckia cadamba | 50.44 ± 3.75 | Equisetum debile | 80.14 ± 4.49 | Desmostachya bipinnata | 81.49 ± 1.59 | Spilanthes uliginosa Swartz | 93.41 ± 10.04 | Mallotus philippensis (seed) | 122.98 ± 6.29 | Standard ascorbic acid | 24.86 ± 4.6 |
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Values are mean ± SD; and vs. the positive control (ascorbic acid). |