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Table 2 DPPH free radical scavenging activity of leave extracts

From: Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles and miR34a mimics mediated activation of death receptor in MCF-7 human breast cancer cell lines

Sr. No.

Extract

Percentage scavenging

1000 µg/ml

750 µg/ml

500 µg/ml

IC50 µg/ml

1

Green tea (Aq)

83.0 ± 2.6*

61.3 ± 0.9*

23.3 ± 0.8*

1050.8 ± 5.4*

2

Green tea (EtOH)

74.4 ± 0.6*

51.6 ± 1.0*

17.7 ± 0.6*

744.6 ± 3.9*

3

Green tea (CHCl3)

76.4 ± 0.9*

53.2 ± 0.4*

17.6 ± 1.2*

871.0 ± 7*

4

Olive (Aq)

87.4 ± 2.3*

64.4 ± 0.6*

21.8 ± 0.3*

931 ± 6.1*

5

Olive (EtOH)

77.7 ± 2.9*

52.2 ± 1.2*

17.4 ± 1.9*

734.2 ± 3.2*

6

Olive (CHCl3)

82.2 ± 0.3*

56.8 ± 0.3*

16.5 ± 0.6*

825.0 ± 2.9*

7

Litchi C. (Aq)

85.6 ± 3.4*

64.8 ± 0.6*

33.4 ± 1.0*

1228 ± 5.7*

8

Litchi C. (EtOH)

89.5 ± 1.6*

71.0 ± 2.0*

35.8 ± 0.5*

1298.6 ± 5*

9

Litchi C. (CHCl3)

78.7 ± 1.6*

51.0 ± 2.5*

7.5 ± 0.7*

739* ± 2.2*

10

Ascorbic acid

98.5 ± 3.3*

94.1 ± 2.5*

91.3 ± 2.8*

7.2*

  1. Values were calculated as the mean of three ± S.D
  2. EtOH: ethanolic extract; Aq: aqueous extract; CHCl3: chloroform extract
  3. *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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