Table 1
DPPH radical scavenging activity of the methanolic extract of C. setidens and its organic solvent-soluble por tions

Conc.(μg/mL) Inhibition (%)
500 250 125 62.5 31.3 15.6 IC50 (μg/mL)
MeOHext. 96.3±2.31) 80.1±2.0 71.1±1.7 62.9±1.8 53.1±1.5 37.5±1.2 48.1±2.1
n-Hexanelayer 31.2±1.7 17.0±1.3 12.6±1.5 8.1±1.0 7.2±0.8 5.1±0.8 >500
EtOAclayer 99.7±2.7 72.1±2.3 65.4±2.5 42.1±1.2 32.1±1.3 25.4±1.0 67.9±3.6
n-BuOHlayer 99.8±2.8 87.3±2.6 75.2±2.5 67.1±1.6 56.1±1.5 42.1±1.2 24.3±1.7
H2Olayer 67.4±1.3 55.7±1.4 31.2±0.7 16.7±0.8 8.8±0.5 6.1±0.3 180.3±13.7
(+)-Catechin2) 98.2±1.7 92.7±1.7 92.8±1.5 87.6±1.2 69.2±1.3 46.7±0.9 16.2±1.3
Inhibitory effects are expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate experiments.
(+)-Catechin was used as a positive control.