Research Article

Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Potential of Bioactive Molecules Ursolic Acid and Thujone Isolated from Memecylon edule and Elaeagnus indica and Their Inhibitory Effect on Topoisomerase II by Molecular Docking Approach

Table 5

Superoxide radical scavenging activity of ursolic acid and thujone.

Concentration (µg/mL)Superoxide radical scavenging activity (% of inhibition)
Ursolic acidThujoneAscorbic acidBHA

2024.11 ± 1.13a07.95 ± 0.71a25.31 ± 0.29a13.04 ± 0.62a
4048.49 ± 0.41b10.95 ± 0.37a,b34.24 ± 0.42b24.10 ± 0.45b
6057.71 ± 0.89c19.82 ± 0.58a,b44.62 ± 0.54c37.28 ± 0.17c
8064.67 ± 0.41d24.64 ± 0.37b60.06 ± 0.50d40.18 ± 0.42 d
10076.91 ± 0.33e43.41 ± 9.69c75.56 ± 0.25e56.35 ± 0.29e

The values are mean of triplicates with standard deviation (mean ± S.D; n = 3). Different superscript letters (a–e) in column within treatments indicates significant differences (at ) when subject to Tukey’s multiple comparison test.