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2344 J. Med. Plants Res.<br />

0 200 400 600<br />

Concentration (µg/ml)<br />

T. violacea oil<br />

BHT<br />

Vitamin C<br />

Figure 2. Scavenging effects of oil extracts from rhizomes of T. violacea, vitamin C<br />

and BHT on nitric oxide radical.<br />

Table 2. Comparison of 50% effective inhibitory concentration for nitric oxide and lipid peroxidation of oil extract<br />

of rhizomes of T. violacea.<br />

Extract Nitric oxide inhibition EC50 (µg/ml) LP inhibition EC50 (µg/ml)<br />

OTV 180.0 192.3<br />

BHT 115.0 138<br />

AA 134.0 100<br />

OTV represent oil extract of Tulbaghia violacea. BHT represents, AA represent ascorbic acid. LP inhibition EC50<br />

represents concentration of oil extract for 50% inhibition of lipid peroxidation.<br />

Inhibition of lipid peroxidation (%)<br />

Inhibition of nitric oxide radical (%)<br />

T. violacea oil<br />

Vitamin C<br />

Figure 3. Scavenging effects of oil extracts from rhizomes of T. violacea, vitamin C and<br />

BHT on lipid peroxidation.<br />

Concentration (µg/ml)<br />

(Yerra et al., 2005) however, the value is higher when results of the investigations revealed that oil extract of<br />

compared with the standard (BHT 0 and AA) (Table 200 2). The 400 rhizome of 600 T. violacea had potent lipid peroxidation<br />

BHT

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