Antioxidant activity and hepatoprotective effect of 10 medicinal herbs on CCl4-induced liver injury in mice

Table 1 Ferric-reducing antioxidant power, Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content, and total flavonoid content values of ten medicinal herbs (n = 8)

Scientific name of original medicinal plant	Parts with medicinal properties	FRAP value	TEAC value	TPC value	TFC value
		(μmol Fe2+/g DW)	(μmol TE/g DW)	(mg GAE/g DW)	(mg QE/g DW)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Harms	Root and rhizome	53.07 ± 0.23e	54.70 ± 3.73d	2.05 ± 0.16d	0.44 ± 0.01e
Amomum villosum Lour.	Fruit	219.85 ± 14.44c	210.18 ± 23.88c	18.42 ± 0.25c	1.98 ± 0.07c,d
Amomum kravanh Pierre ex Gagnep.	Fruit	29.80 ± 0.29e	37.34 ± 1.02d	18.49 ± 0.70c	0.32 ± 0.01e
Artemisia capillaris Thunb.	Herb	146.71 ± 2.91d	208.16 ± 1.42c	19.06 ± 0.21c	1.55 ± 0.11d
Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom.	Rhizome	191.25 ± 6.38c,d	214.60 ± 25.17c	17.07 ± 0.28c	0.40 ± 0.06e
Coptis chinensis Franch.	Rhizome	557.04 ± 4.73b	450.36 ± 27.23b	50.15 ± 1.14b	7.39 ± 0.39b
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.	Root and rhizome	29.85 ± 2.10e	53.09 ± 2.59d	5.70 ± 0.04d	3.71 ± 0.19c
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi	Flower	216.53 ± 11.34c	213.25 ± 9.65c	14.18 ± 0.11c	2.86 ± 0.35c
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi	Root	554.38 ± 3.92b	454.06 ± 8.14b	45.06 ± 0.07b	6.84 ± 0.08b
Sanguisorba officinalis L.	Root	1141.88 ± 81.16a	1554.48 ± 68.58a	91.59 ± 0.00a	14.93 ± 0.24a

^a,b,c,d,eP < 0.05, different superscript letters indicate statistical significance. DW: dried weight; FRAP: ferric-reducing antioxidant power; GAE: gallic acid equivalent; QE: quercetin equivalent; TE: Trolox equivalent; TEAC: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity; TFC: total flavonoid content; TPC: total phenolic content.