Chemical composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of extracts from Schinus molle wood branch growing in Egypt

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant activity of different extracts from Schinus molle L. wood branch

Extract	Total phenolic (mg TAE/g extract)	Total flavonoids (mg CAE/g extract)	TAA %	IC₅₀ (μg/mL)^a
ME	12.3 ± 2.00c	50.70 ± 1.80a	70 ± 1.90d	228.66 ± 1.12b
Dichloromethane DCME	25.1 ± 2.50b	19.33 ± 1.12c	30.02 ± 0.12e	334.11 ± 1.53a
WE	30.90 ± 1.90a	30.30 ± 1.13b	86.30 ± 1.40b	12.66 ± 2.15e
EO	–	–	90 ± 1.23a	13.11 ± 3.00e
TA	–	–	85 ± 5.12c	24.70 ± 0.48d
CA	–	–	84.13 ± 1.90c	30.75 ± 0.88c

(–) Not applicable
Values with different letters within the same column were significantly different at the level of p ≤ 0.05
All values are mean ± standard deviation of three replicates
TAA % total antioxidant activity, TAE tannic acid equivalents, CAE (+)-catechin equivalents, TA tannic acid, CA (+)-catechin, ME methanol extract, DCME dichloromethane extract, WE water extract, EO essential oil
^aIC₅₀ data expressed as μg/mL. Lower IC₅₀ values indicated the highest radical scavenging activity