Table 2.

Antioxidant activity and bleomycin-dependent DNA damage for the tested compounds ^a.

Comp. No.	Antioxidant Activity (ABTS Method)		Bleomycin Dependent DNA Damage
	Absorbance	Inhibition (%)
3	0.233	51.6	0.095
4	0.134	72.9	0.114
5a	0.145	69.9	0.107
5b	0.078	84.4	0.089
7a	0.119	75.3	0.089
7b	0.076	84.6	0.083
9a	0.150	68.9	0.099
9b	0.076	84.6	0.096
10a	0.236	51.0	0.126
10b	0.217	56.2	0.131
11a	0.248	49.9	0.142
11b	0.077	84.4	0.072
13a	0.244	49.4	0.145
13b	0.076	84.6	0.105
15a	0.201	58.3	0.094
15b	0.118	75.5	0.076
16a	0.195	59.5	0.089
16b	0.232	51.9	0.106
17a	0.290	39.8	0.18
17b	0.152	69.3	0.127
18a	0.164	66.0	0.081
18b	0.274	43.1	0.125
19	0.213	55.8	0.124
Ascorbic acid	0.053	89.0	0.073

^a All experiments were performed three times. The data are expressed as the mean-standard error of the mean (S.E.M.).