Table 2. DPPH radical scavenger activity of extracts of Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai (PP), malt (MA), Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (ZJ), Leonurus japonicus Houtt. (LJ), and Scutellaria baicalensis (SB) and their mixtures (unit: μg/mL)

Extracts Water extract EtOH extract
100 250 500 1,000 100 250 500 1,000
PP 59.6±0.3g 63.2±0.7f 65.6±0.4h 74.2±0.1g 56.3±1.1ef 56.4±0.9f 63.7±0.8g 72.0±0.7f
MA 62.3±0.4d 64.7±0.5d 69.4±0.8f 75.2±0.3f 55.7±1.0fg 55.6±0.9g 61.0±0.8h 67.1±0.6g
ZJ 60.5±0.4f 63.9±0.2d 67.8±1.3g 74.6±0.6fg 55.3±0.9g 55.5±0.7g 60.2±1.0i 66.0±0.7h
LJ 46.8±1.0h 49.0±1.0g 57.3±0.3i 64.4±1.0h 57.1±0.3de 65.2±0.7b 73.0±0.6e 75.5±1.1e
SB 69.6±0.8a 70.1±0.3a 75.7±0.1b 84.4±0.7b 64.4±0.6a 73.8±0.5a 88.3±0.3a 90.1±1.5a
Mixture 1 63.7±0.9b 70.4±0.2a 78.7±0.3a 84.8±0.2b 59.2±0.8b 63.3±0.9c 76.1±0.8c 84.4±0.4b
Mixture 2 61.6±0.2e 67.0±0.3c 72.7±0.3d 83.1±0.1c 58.2±1.2c 62.6±0.9c 74.6±0.2d 84.4±0.3b
Mixture 3 63.0±0.3c 69.4±0.2b 73.7±1.2c 86.2±0.1a 59.8±0.7b 65.5±0.8b 78.3±0.4b 89.8±1.0a
Mixture 4 61.8±0.6e 66.7±0.3c 71.4±0.7e 80.5±0.8d 57.1±0.9de 59.5±0.9e 68.2±1.1f 81.9±0.4d
Mixture 5 62.8±0.4c 65.0±1.6d 70.0±0.6f 78.0±0.8e 57.8±1.0cd 61.5±1.0d 74.6±0.7d 82.9±0.4c
Ascorbic acid 1 2.5 5 10 25 50 100 250
32.5±0.4c 64.5±0.6b 91.2±0.9a 88.9±1.2a 88.7±1.2a 90.1±1.5a 88.7±1.1a 89.1±1.2a