Table 3. Antioxidant and radical scavenging capacity of the compounds (1–3).
1 | 2 | 3 | BHA* | BHT* | |
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EC50 | |||||
Antioxidant activity (DPPH•) | 0.66 ±0.02 | 0.56 ±0.02 | 1.09 ±0.02 | 0.13 | 0.46 |
Antiradical activity (ABTS+) | 0.49±0.02 | 0.88 ±0.02 | 0.83 ±0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
EC50 = Concentration of an antioxidant drug that gives half maximal response, (*) = European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard.