LC-MS and GC-MS Profiling of Different Fractions of Ficus platyphylla Stem Bark Ethanolic Extract

Table 3

The percentage nitric oxide radical scavenging activity obtained from different fractions of ethanolic extract of Ficus platyphylla stem bark.

Concentration of fractions of Ficus platyphylla stem bark (μg/mL)	% NO inhibition activity of different fractions of Ficus platyphylla stem bark
	Ethyl acetate	Methanol	Petroleum ether	Chloroform	Ascorbic acid
20	80.14 ± 0.04^a	92.42 ± 0.08^a	81.64 ± 0.02^a	77.60 ± 0.04^a	94.32 ± 0.03^a
40	79.46 ± 0.08^b	87.24 ± 0.07^b	80.06 ± 0.07^a	75.63 ± 0.04^a	90.22 ± 0.04^a
60	72.84 ± 0.07^a	84.63 ± 0.05^ab	75.95 ± 0.05^a	71.02 ± 0.04^a	84.39 ± 0.07^c
80	71.228 ± 0.0^c	81.26 ± 0.09^c	71.46 ± 0.02^a	70.26 ± 0.06^b	82.84 ± 0.10^ab
100	68.64 ± 0.05^bc	77.88 ± 0.03^c	68.52 ± 0.03^a	69.62 ± 0.06^ab	80.32 ± 0.04^b
200	63.99 ± 0.04^c	73.01 ± 0.09^bc	61.38 ± 0.07^a	67.24 ± 0.09^c	78.46 ± 0.07^c
400	61.34 ± 0.03^d	68.46 ± 0.04^bcd	57.90 ± 0.03^b	61.92 ± 0.04^c	72.78 ± 0.05^d

Values are expressed as mean ± SD of triplicate determination. Values bearing different superscript are statistically significant at  < 0.05 (Tukey’s multiple comparison test).