Table 2 ABTS and DPPH scavenging activity of P. americana extracts.

From: Carbohydrate digestive enzyme inhibition, hepatoprotective, antioxidant and antidiabetic benefits of Persea americana

% Inhibition

ASSAY

Concentration (µg/ml)

Ascorbic acid

MEPAL

MEPAR

MEPAB

ABTS

40

41.01 ± 0.1a

7.86 ± 0.04b

7.03 ± 1.51c

6.62 ± 0.65d

80

80.25 ± 1.14a

12.34 ± 0.45b

13.60 ± 0.31b

10.12 ± 0.45c

120

90.53 ± 0.45a

19.67 ± 0.50b

36.98 ± 0.85c

13.30 ± 0.14d

160

93.39 ± 0.16a

24.05 ± 0.44b

43.44 ± 0.44c

22.25 ± 0.42b

200

99.04 ± 0.11a

28.16 ± 0.49b

65.30 ± 0.22c

30.58 ± 0.48b

DPPH

40

32.78 ± 0.35a

0.64 ± 0.13b

1.21 ± 0.70c

1.95 ± 0.44d

80

48.17 ± 0.24a

3.56 ± 1.32b

2.63 ± 0.83c

2.39 ± 0.73c

120

60.46 ± 0.01a

4.39 ± 1.22b

3.09 ± 0.66c

2.73 ± 0.75c

160

78.04 ± 0.05a

8.90 ± 0.82b

7.77 ± 0.65b

4.94 ± 1.32c

200

90.42 ± 0.12a

14.58 ± 1.96b

19.34 ± 4.41c

11.28 ± 2.19d

  1. Values represent mean ± standard deviation of replicate readings. Values with different superscripts (a,b,c,d) along the same row are significantly different from one another (P < 0.05). Where MEPAL methanol extract of P. americana leave, MEPAR methanol extract of P. americana root, MEPAB methanol extract of P. americana stem bark.