Table 2.
Antioxidant activity of Saururus chinensis extracts by grinding technique

Grinding technique Antioxidant activity (%)
Water extracts 50% Ethanol extracts
DPPH (%) ABTS (%) PF TBARS (%) DPPH (%) ABTS (%) PF TBARS (%)
Normal grinding 69.8 1.2a 97.7 2.1a 0.9 0.1a 74.5 1.7a 49.3 1.1a 96.8 2.6a 1.0 0.1a 79.2 2.4a
Fine grinding 70.7 1.5a 98.5 1.8ab 1.1 0.2a 81.2 3.1a 53.4 1.7a 96.7 2.1a 1.0 0.1a 86.7 1.6ab
Ultrafine grinding 83.8 1.8b 99.4 0.8b 1.5 0.1b 88.7 1.4b 89.8 1.4b 98.7 1.3a 1.8 0.1b 91.3 2.2b
Means separation within columns by 5% DMRT.