Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extracts of Thirteen Cameroonian Antibacterial Dietary Plants

Table 3

Total phenol content of the methanol extracts of thirteen antibacterial edible plants.

Plant extracts	Total phenols content (GAE)
Amaranthus hybridus	7.31 ± 0.22^bc
Amaranthus cruentus	1.23 ± 0.25^g
Cucumis melo	7.71 ± 0.03^b
Lactuca capensis	5.62 ± 0.22^d
Lactuca sativa	6.82 ± 0.27^c
Manihot esculenta	4.93 ± 0.13^d
Piper nigrum	14.01 ± 0.10^a
Sechium edule	2.58 ± 0.32^f
Solanum nigrum	2.98 ± 0.08^ef
Talinum triangulare	3.51 ± 0.44^e
Telfairia occidentalis	2.65 ± 0.03^ef
Vernonia hymenolepis	3.12 ± 0.21^ef
Vernonia amygdalina	2.34 ± 0.31^f

GAE: mg of gallic acid equivalents per gram of dried extract.