Evaluation of Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, and Metabolite Profiling of Selected Medicinal Plants of Nepal

Table 4

Antioxidant activity of twelve sessional medicinal plants.

Plant names	Nitric oxide	H2O2	DPPH	Ferrous ion	Hydroxyl radical	Ferric reducing	Total antioxidant
Ascorbic acid	3.91 ± 0.80	3.31 ± 0.58	4.54 ± 0.98	3.68 ± 0.59	4.75 ± 0.43	2.47 ± 0.40	2.87 ± 0.10
BHT	—	2.89 ± 0.32	2.90 ± 0.51	2.81 ± 0.82	2.90 ± 0.98	—	—
BHA	5.58 ± 0.68	—	—	—	—	3.02 ± 0.30	—
N. cadamba	15.11 ± 1.29	7.01 ± 0.14	7.91 ± 1.13	29.441 ± 0.22	17.52 ± 0.83	11.49 ± 0.98	11.76 ± 0.35
D. bulbifera	9.72 ± 0.15	13.95 ± 0.17	16.65 ± 0.24	15.63 ± 0.96	15.57 ± 0.91	17.38 ± 0.71	28.28 ± 0.13
R. sativus	13.39 ± 0.11	6.89 ± 0.16	5.84 ± 0.14	4.76 ± 0.68	16.13 ± 0.54	14.97 ± 2.06	8.99 ± 0.20
C. arietinum	9.06 ± 0.10	12.66 ± 0.03	9.41 ± 0.07	16.08 ± 0.21	27.82 ± 1.88	31.31 ± 1.72	8.38 ± 0.09
C. esculenta	13.29 ± 0.03	7.56 ± 0.52	8.91 ± 0.12	14.61 ± 0.08	7.22 ± 0.56	33.84 ± 1.90	14.46 ± 0.11
M. koenigii	16.79 ± 0.21	17.14 ± 0.61	16.68 ± 0.04	18.62 ± 0.66	7.12 ± 0.66	45.41 ± 1.65	16.24 ± 1.34
B. nigra	16.21 ± 1.61	8.92 ± 1.36	8.44 ± 0.97	15.23 ± 1.95	15.27 ± 1.86	15.98 ± 0.97	15.79 ± 0.21
C. tamala	35.06 ± 0.99	7.81 ± 1.8	25.02 ± 1.14	14.89 ± 1.25	32.59 ± 1.47	12.39 ± 2.62	31.37 ± 1.44
C. album	29.8 ± 0.17	11.73 ± 1.58	6.13 ± 1.23	9.62 ± 0.30	43.54 ± 0.19	15.61 ± 0.97	16.3 ± 0.16
A. viridis	9.51 ± 1.21	31.07 ± 2.78	8.70 ± 0.39	11.28 ± 2.61	39.56 ± 0.25	11.61 ± 2.62	12.39 ± 1.97
I. batatas	18.56 ± 1.82	6.63 ± 0.46	11.65 ± 2.76	24.30 ± 3.03	40.95 ± 2.92	10.07 ± 1.48	10.6 ± 0.18
A. paeoniifolius	12.06 ± 0.60	29.11 ± 2.69	9.56 ± 1.54	54.44 ± 3.68	44.68 ± 1.15	11.12 ± 1.52	13.43 ± 2.45