Table 2 Free radical scavenging activities of Desmodium gangeticum extract

1000

89.25 ± 2.11

87.21 ± 3.11

92.31 ± 2.63

81.27 ± 3.82

500

86.49 ± 3.46

82.28 ± 5.23

87.66 ± 3.51

78.63 ± 4.62

250

81.67 ± 2.34

77.55 ± 3.45

79.41 ± 3.65

74.41 ± 4.43

125

75.22 ± 3.74

70.39 ± 4.84

67.51 ± 2.78

65.52 ± 2.76

62

46.83 ± 2.28

46.63 ± 5.28

61.39 ± 3.51

51.62 ± 3.52

32

32.57 ± 3.38

38.68 ± 4.38

50.47 ± 2.54

30.61 ± 2.31

16

4.48 ± 2.55

19.25 ± 3.27

39.78 ± 2.89

21.42 ± 1.62

10

2.21 ± 1.52

7.52 ± 1.32

29.37 ± 1.12

4.21 ± 0.52

7

1.02 ± 0.74

4.33 ± 0.50

19.67 ± 1.44

3.34 ± 1.25

5

0.10 ± 0.03

1.31 ± 0.10

7.21 ± 1.05

1.23 ± 0.33

Ascorbic acid (100 μg)

95.11 ± 4.22

85.34 ± 4.11

87.32 ± 5.87

94.44 ± 4.71

Butylated hydroxytoluene (20 μg)

92.27 ± 3.31

NT

NT

NT

Curcumin

NT

91.7 ± 3.11

NT

NT

IC₅₀

36.3 ± 1.47

39.4 ± 2.33

55.3 ± 1.29

43.7 ± 2.43