Research Article

Phytochemical Analysis, Antifungal, and Antioxidant Properties of Two Herbs (Tristemma mauritianum and Crassocephalum bougheyanum) and One Tree (Lavigeria macrocarpa) Species

Table 5

Nitric oxide scavenging activity of plant extracts as a function of concentrations.

Plant extractsConcentrations (µg/mL)
12.52550100200

T. mauritianum (aerial parts)39.87 ± 10.10a63.12 ± 6.76ab70.07 ± 8.06ab70.14 ± 18.31a94.19 ± 3.54a
L. macrocarpa (leaves)78.42 ± 14.67b89.68 ± 4.06b90.05 ± 2.34c92.02 ± 1.04c96.09 ± 1.02b
L. macrocarpa (roots)62.71 ± 10.07a69 ± 8.53a74.09 ± 6.05b83.74 ± 2.30b86.93 ± 2.39b
G. bougheyanum (aerial parts)50.61 ± 5.02a66.01 ± 4.99b79.98 ± 5.09bc90.18 ± 5.04b91.89 ± 1.69b
Vitamin C92.03 ± 0.60c94.25 ± 0.15b96.06 ± 0.49d97.02 ± 0.07e99.09 ± 0.11h

In each column, values with different letters are statistically different at using Waller–Duncan test.