Table 2. DPPH radical scavenging activity of 70% methanolic extract of D. takeshimana from Ulleung Island and its organic solvent-soluble portions

Samples Scavenging activity (%) IC50(μg/mL)
500 μg/mL 250 μg/mL 125 μg/mL 62.5 μg/mL 31.3 μg/mL
70% MeOH ext. 77.3±1.31)c2) 55.9±0.8c 31.8±0.5c 14.5±0.6d 12.5±0.3c 213.9±3.4d
n-Hexane layer 33.8±0.9f 20.7±0.2f 14.9±0.4f 7.2±0.3f 3.2±0.3f >500a
EtOAc layer 89.5±1.2b 66.3±1.0b 48.8±0.6b 28.9±0.4b 20.5±0.4b 127.3±2.1e
n-BuOH layer 71.0±1.0d 50.1±0.6d 29.4±0.5d 19.4±0.3c 12.6±0.2d 247.3±3.5c
H2O layer 51.2±0.8e 35.0±0.3e 23.1±0.3e 12.9±0.2e 8.7±0.1e 492.2±4.6b
(+)-Catechin3) 99.9±1.8a 95.6±1.4a 88.2±1.3a 73.4±1.3a 53.5±1.0a 22.2±0.6f
1)Radical scavenging activities are expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate experiments.
2)Different letters (a-f) within the same column indicate significant differences (p<0.05).
3)(+)-Catechin was used as a positive control.