Table 2.

Inhibition of lipid peroxidation and DPPH radical formation by the selected 7-methoxy-N-(substituted phenyl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide derivatives

Compound	Inhibition of lipid peroxidation (%)		DPPH Scavenging activity (%)
	10 μM	100 μM	10 μM	100 μM
1a	−0.2	5.9	−0.3	−0.8
1c	−5.5	5.5	−0.9	−0.4
1f	−1.7	12.3	0.0	0.9
1i	5.9	15.1	0.2	−0.6
1j	18.9	62.0	3.5	23.5
1l	12.6	15.6	1.0	1.6
1p	7.1	8.9	4.6	0.9
1q	0.9	18.6	3.3	0.1
1r	1.7	4.5	−1.2	−0.3

The values are calculated as described in the Materials and methods and expressed as % inhibition of the control.