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Ethyl acetate contained the highest amounts of both (TFC,  11.8 \u00b1 0.28 RE; TPC, 342.80 \u00b1 0.42 GAE) followed by chloroform fraction (TFC, 7.50 \u00b1 0.14 RE; TPC, 275.85 \u00b1 0.50 GAE). Extract and fractions displayed remarkable DPPH radical scavenging activity. EC50 values of methanolic extract was 0.88 mg\/mL, while that of hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanolic and aqueous fractions were 0.58, 0.38, 0.29, 0.36 and 5.83 mg\/mL, respectively, ethyl acetate fraction being most potent. The ethyl acetate fraction also showed the highest activity in terms of reducing power, phosphomolybdate and ABTS assays. All the fractions showed fairly good lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity, which remained almost constant over three days. 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