Table 3
Cholesterol adsorption and COX-2 inhibitory activities for seven kinds of natural color powder and mixtures of catechu, gallnut, and clove from natural color (%)

Sample name¹⁾	Cholesterol adsorption activity(%)	COX-2 inhibitory activity (%)
Acacia	64.44±1.65^F2)	41.73±3.39^A
Cochineal	13.19±1.50^A	51.03±7.76^BC
Catechu	66.71±0.21^G	49.73±2.68^B
Grape peel	50.43±0.72^C	51.56±6.04^BC
Persimmon	38.81±1.10^B	55.95±4.55^BCD
Gallnut	54.62±0.75^D	57.45±2.38^CD
Clove	82.40±0.95^J	56.72±3.47^CD
Catechu+gallnut	57.85±1.70^E	58.63±3.11^D
Catechu+clove	76.65±0.36^I	61.19±1.18^D
Gallnut+clove	75.81±0.55^I	59.57±2.52^D
Catechu+gallnut+clove	71.98±0.95^H	62.25±2.74^D

¹⁾Treated sample concentration was 1 mg/mL.
²⁾Each value represents mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05.