Table 10.1 List of plants with DPPH radical scavenging activity
Name of
plant
Extract Results References
Alnus
incana
Catkins methanolic
extract
Showed IC 50 value
18.9μg/ml
Stevie et al. ( 2010 )
Tansy
vulgare
Arial part
methanolic extract
Showed EC 50 value
37 μg/ml
Juan-Badaturuge
et al. ( 2009 )
Tussilago
farfara
Flower bud ethanolic
extract
Dose dependent increase in
scavenging activity
Li et al. ( 2012 )
Gemmae
betulae
Bud ethanolic
extract
Normalized phospholipid
level
Mashentseva et al.
( 2011 )
Sorbus
aucuparia
Fruit aqueous extract Dose dependent increase in
radical scavenging activity
Zlobin et al. ( 2012 )
Carica
papaya
Seed ethyl acetate
fraction
Increase in radical
scavenging activity
Zhou et al. ( 2011 )
Manihor
esculenta
Leaves aqueous
extract
Increase in radical
scavenging activity
Tsumbu et al. ( 2011 )
Arnebia
benthamii
Plant ethyl acetate
extract
700 μg/ml extract showed
87.99% inhibition
Ganie et al. ( 2014 )
Bauhinia
vahlii
Plant methanolic and
aqueous extract
Methanolic extract showed
strong antioxidant potential
Sowndhararajan and
Kang ( 2013 )
Hygrophila
auriculata
Root extract Showed significant
antioxidant activity
Shanmugasundaram
and Venkataraman
( 2006 )
Phyllanthus
niruri
Methanolic and
aqueous extract of
leaves and fruits
Inhibited reactive oxygen
species
Chatterjee et al.
( 2006 )
Pistacia
lentiscus
Ethanolic extraction
from ethyl acetate
fraction
Showed radical scavenging
activity (90%) equivalent to
standard BHA (89%)
Atmani et al. ( 2009 )
Polyalhia
cerasoides
Plant ethanolic
extract
Dose dependent inhibition
of DPPH scavenging
activity with IC 5025 μg/ml
Ramkumar et al.
( 2009 )
Teucrium
polium
Plant aerial part
petroleum ether,
chloroform,
methanol and water
extract
Highest antioxidant activity
was observed in methanolic
extract showed IC 50 value
20.1μg/ml nearly similar
to standard (18.3μg/ml)
BHT
Sharififar et al.
( 2009 )
Bidens
pilosa
Leaves andflower
essential oil
Radical scavenging activity
with IC 50 value 21 and
36 μg/ml for leaves and
flower essential oil
respectively
Deba et al. ( 2008 )
Rheum ribes Stem and root
methanolic extract
87.07 and 60.60%
inhibition with 100μg/ml
for stem and root extract
respectively
Ozturk et al. ( 2007 )
216 S.I. Mohammed et al.