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.