Figures & data
Table 1. Contents of total phenol compounds, condensed tannins and total flavonoids in methanol leaf extracts of male, female and hermaphrodite carob trees.
Table 2. DPPH radical scavenging activity of methanol leaf extracts from female, male and hermaphrodite carob trees, and pure polyphenolic compounds.
Table 3. Correlation coefficients (R) between radical scavenging activity (RSA), antioxidant activity (AA) and contents of total phenols (GAE), tannins (CE) and flavonoids (RE).
Figure 1. Antioxidant activity of methanol leaf extracts from female, male, and hermaphrodite carob trees, and of pure polyphenol compounds. Values represent means ± SD of three assessments of the percent inhibition of autoxidation of the linoleic acid/β-carotene emulsion. Extracts and phenol compounds were evaluated at final concentrations of 1 mg/mL. Values followed by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 (one-way ANOVA, Duncan’s new multiple range test).
Figure 2. Effect of treatment with methanol leaf extracts from female (A), hermaphrodite (B), and male (C) carob trees on cell proliferation. Each point represents the mean of three independent experiments.
Table 4. Inhibitory concentrations (IC50) and maximal degree of inhibition (Max.) of methanol leaf extracts of female, hermaphrodite and male carob trees on HeLa cells.