Research Article

The Interactions among the Heavy Metals in Soils and in Weeds and Their Antioxidant Capacity under the Mining Activities in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

Table 4

DPPH scavenging capacity (SC%) of the plant extracts.

Plant speciesPlant tissuesDPPH SC% at 100 μg/mLDPPH SC% at 500 μg/mLSRSA SC% at 100 μg/mLSRSA SC% at 500 μg/mL

C. parasiticusRoots88.1 ± 2.6187.9 ± 1.969.65 ± 5.3814.6 ± 5.01
Shoots29.2 ± 7.3480.4 ± 13.97.83 ± 1.0312.3 ± 9.53
Leaves37.7 ± 10.177.9 ± 6.1011.6 ± 0.006.48 ± 11.1

D. linearisRoots61.5 ± 26.181.1 ± 9.795.94 ± 3.2117.0 ± 7.46
Shoots64.5 ± 28.976.6 ± 11.15.44 ± 3.0512.8 ± 5.05
Leaves31.8 ± 16.066.0 ± 15.13.99 ± 1.7410.1 ± 0.90

P. calomelanosRoots44.5 ± 24.269.2 ± 21.026.3 ± 2.5136.0 ± 4.82
Shoots26.8 ± 12.965.0 ± 20.210.5 ± 6.4118.8 ± 11.8
Leaves17.3 ± 5.0447.3 ± 8.2211.4 ± 5.4122.4 ± 8.39

P. vittataRoots41.7 ± 20.083.5 ± 9.5329.9 ± 9.1354.4 ± 5.81
Shoots31.0 ± 11.461.9 ± 16.310.8 ± 2.8130.3 ± 6.11
Leaves46.2 ± 11.889.3 ± 0.6314.9 ± 6.0424.3 ± 5.67

Ascorbic acid91.3

Catechin48.7