The ethanolic extract fractions showed relatively low
reducing power less than 50% inhibition even in the fraction
showing the highest activity. This suggests that probably the
overall antioxidant activity of the extract is as a result of the
synergistic combination of the activity of all the compounds
in the fractions, especially fractions EEAM5, EEAM8, EEAM9,
EEAM10, and EEAM11, which registered activity of higher
than 15%. These results provide a possible lead towards the
further studies and development of pharmaceutical products
with antioxidant properties by targeting the fractions
showing the highest activity