Table 2
ABTS+ radical scavenging activity of the methanolic extract of C. setidens and its n-hexane-, EtOAc -, n-BuOH -, and H2O -solubleportions

Conc.(μg/mL) Inhibition (%)
200 100 50 25 12.5 6.25 IC50 (μg/mL)
MeOHext. 98.7±2.71) 98.2±2.5 66.4±2.0 37.5±1.6 19.4±0.8 9.7±0.7 31.1±2.1
n-Hexanelayer 41.2±1.3 36.8±1.2 22.2±1.3 10.4±1.4 4.5±1.3 3.1±0.5 >200
EtOAclayer 93.5±2.5 81.6±2.4 81.2±1.7 47.5±1.9 27.3±1.2 12.7±0.8 69.5±2.6
n-BuOHlayer 98.2±2.8 93.6±2.3 66.4±2.0 37.5±1.6 19.4±0.8 9.7±0.7 25.0±3.3
H2Olayer 99.5±2.4 97.5±2.3 78.1±1.6 46.7±1.3 21.0±0.8 8.4±0.6 241.6±4.6
(+)-Catechin2) 99.9±2.7 99.8±2.3 94.3±2.4 70.3±1.8 68.1±1.5 36.5±0.8 13.8±1.8
Inhibitory effects are expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate experiments.
(+)-Catechin was used as a positive control.