Research Article

Antioxidant Capacity of “Mexican Arnica” Heterotheca inuloides Cass Natural Products and Some Derivatives: Their Anti-Inflammatory Evaluation and Effect on C. elegans Life Span

Table 2

Scavenging capacity of H. inuloides metabolites on hypochlorous acid, hydroxyl radical, peroxide, superoxide anion, and singlet oxygen (IC50).

CompoundScavenging capacity IC50μM
HOClOHH2O2 1O2

269.1 ± 8.8*133.4 ± 32.6270 ± 2.7*114.6 ± 13.9*880.4 ± 55.4*
3202.3 ± 21.9*545.4 ± 23.0*422 ± 8.0*105 ± 7.2*538.9 ± 58.6
4203.5 ± 23.9*607.9 ± 33.5*536 ± 14*148 ± 13.0*112.4 ± 29.3*
768.1 ± 5.77*161.2 ± 27.2 201 ± 6.7*20 ± 0.27*209.7 ± 44.5*
8133.9 ± 9.0*187.1 ± 44.6252 ± 6.5*70.4 ± 3.3*237.8 ± 43.1*
960.0 ± 5.2*139.5 ± 1.1154 ± 6.3*12.2 ± 0.22 314.4 ± 15.8
13106.1 ± 4.4*523.8 ± 20.4*322 ± 21.0*181.5 ± 29.8*697 ± 187.0*
15110.0 ± 15.8*435.78 ± 82.0*434.5 ± 23.3*244.1 ± 78.0*478.6 ± 44.7*

Reference compoundAscorbic acidDMTUPyruvateNDGAGSH
278.6 ± 16.7131.5 ± 3.632.2 ± 1.711.6 ± 0.13471 ± 77

Data represent the mean ± SE of the three independent assays. The results were analyzed by ANOVA. The Dunnet’s multiple comparison test was used to compare outcomes between experimental and control group. * < 0.05 versus reference compound.