Table 3

Regression analysis of polyphenolic content from the methanolic bran extracts of different rice varieties with DPPH radical scavenging, Nitric oxide (NO) scavenging, Total Antioxidant Assay (TAA), MTT assay and Reducing Power (RP).

TPC vs DPPH scavenging

TPC vs NO scavenging

TPC vs TAA

TPC vs MTT assay

TPC vs RP


Vasumathi

R2 value

0.9678

0.9163

0.9624

0.9521

0.9120

Slope

6.435366

3.385976

0.0870031

-0.0743902

0.0077537

P value

0.0025

0.0105

0.0031

0.0045

0.0114

Growth rate

66.18

61.46

30.93

-20.63

57.52


Yamini

R2 value

0.9367

0.9067

0.9074

0.9267

0.9029

Slope

4.82466

3.172851

0.0123

-0.0579186

0.0123534

P value

0.0069

0.0125

0.0849

0.0086

0.0132

Growth rate

51.68

60.85

32.24

-23.35

59.25


Jyothi

R2 value

0.9615

0.9831

0.9705

0.9388

0.9777

Slope

2.045763

2.002225

0.0472744

-0.025

0.0089229

P value

0.0033

0.0009

0.0022

0.0066

0.0014

Growth rate

37.95

61.04

30.51

-30.9

41.61


Njavara

R2 value

0.9287

0.9733

0.9538

0.9233

0.9848

Slope

1.199922

1.561774

0.039325

-0.0171115

0.0101612

P value

0.0083

0.0019

0.0043

0.0092

0.0008

Growth rate

25.28

46.37

27.86

-38.09

46.91


R2 values are the regression coefficients by the least -- squared fits and P = probability values. In all the experiments number of observations (n) = 5.

Rao et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010 10:4   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-4

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