Antioxidant, Anticancer, and Neuroprotective Activities and Phytochemical Analysis of Germinated Shoots

Table 3

Antioxidant effect of germinated shoot extracts.

Sample (100 μg/mL)	Radical scavenging activity (%)
	DPPH	ABTS	∙OH
Cotyledon of Achyranthes bidentata (AB1)	26.15 ± 0.83^d	23.47 ± 0.68^fg	82.82 ± 0.18^g
True leaves of Achyranthes bidentata (AB2)	16.30 ± 1.75^f	22.36 ± 0.98^g	88.13 ± 0.50^ef
Cotyledon of Securinega suffruticosa (SS1)	17.94 ± 1.60^f	28.88 ± 0.67^e	83.38 ± 0.41^g
True leaves of Securinega suffruticosa (SS2)	25.58 ± 1.14^d	75.97 ± 1.47^b	88.71 ± 1.58^ef
Cotyledon of Chamaecyparis obtusa (CHA1)	21.29 ± 1.68^f	19.30 ± 0.71^h	94.63 ± 0.47^ab
True leaves of Chamaecyparis obtusa (CHA2)	20.96 ± 1.54^f	11.49 ± 1.80^i	91.42 ± 0.37^d
Cotyledon of Allium dumebuchum (AD1)	1.77 ± 1.16^i	12.49 ± 0.43^i	87.39 ± 0.51^f
True leaves of Allium dumebuchum (AD2)	4.24 ± 0.86^h	28.98 ± 1.60^e	92.39 ± 0.43^cd
Cotyledon of Geum aleppicum (GA1)	40.26 ± 1.62^a	99.88 ± 0.43^a	89.46 ± 1.88^e
True leaves of Geum aleppicum (GA2)	29.25 ± 1.80^c	100.34 ± 0.39^a	88.11 ± 1.29^ef
Cotyledon of Cryptotaenia japonica (CJ1)	5.32 ± 2.16^h	24.33 ± 0.29^f	94.16 ± 0.37^bc
True leaves of Cryptotaenia japonica (CJ2)	3.47 ± 0.44^hi	70.00 ± 4.86^c	92.75 ± 0.13^cd
Cotyledon of Ulmus pumila (UP1)	21.58 ± 2.93^e	13.16 ± 1.04^i	93.48 ± 2.30^bc
True leaves of Ulmus pumila (UP2)	21.78 ± 0.85^e	47.76 ± 0.87^d	93.05 ± 1.56^bcd
Cotyledon of Pinus densiflora (PD1)	32.15 ± 2.15^b	1.77 ± 1.72^j	95.91 ± 2.98^a
True leaves of Pinus densiflora (PD2)	12.99 ± 1.64^g	28.95 ± 0.65^e	93.91 ± 2.28^bc

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. ^a–jMeans with different letters indicate significant differences () by Duncan’s multiple range test.