Antioxidant activity of crude polysaccharide, Rusalan, isolated from Russula alatoreticula.

The results are presented in EC50 values (mean ± standard deviation; n = 3) corresponding to 50% of antioxidant activity or 0.5 of absorbance for reducing power assay. BHA was used as standard in superoxide, hydroxyl and DPPH radical scavenging methods. Ascorbic acid was considered as standard in reducing power and total antioxidant capacity assays, while EDTA was adopted as a positive control in chelating ability of ferrous ion method. In each row, different letters mean significant differences between sample and standard (p