Nutritional composition, bioactive components and antioxidant activity of Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera leaves grown in Gaborone, Botswana

Table 3 Antioxidant activity and bioactive components of Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera leaves grown in Gaborone

Parameter	M. stenopetala	M. oleifera
Vitamin C (mg/100 g) Total phenolic content (mg/100 g)	27.16^a ± 0.36 0.67^a ± 0.002	27.94^b ± 0.24 0.35^b ± 0.004
Total flavonoid content (mg/100 g)	0.50^a ± 0.008	0.33^b ± 0.004
Antioxidant activity (µg/mL)	53.21^a ± 0.005	16.24^b ± 0.009

Means that are followed by different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different at 0.05 significance level; The values in the Table are means ± standard deviations of triplicate observations

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