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. 2020 Feb 14;2020:8716927. doi: 10.1155/2020/8716927

Table 1.

DPPH radical scavenging activity of ursolic acid and thujone.

Concentration (µg/mL) DPPH radical scavenging activity (% of inhibition)
Ursolic acid Thujone Ascorbic acid BHA
20 11.92 ± 0.53a 19.00 ± 0.33a 53.22 ± 0.27a 65.42 ± 0.44a
40 37.33 ± 0.57b 31.51 ± 0.64b 61.12 ± 0.66b 69.77 ± 0.58b
60 41.36 ± 0.31c 49.05 ± 0.62c 73.68 ± 0.38c 74.08 ± 0.38c
80 55.96 ± 0.54d 63.25 ± 0.82d 79.80 ± 0.27d 79.94 ± 0.17d
100 76.92 ± 0.53e 72.79 ± 0.82e 83.53 ± 0.41e 84.73 ± 0.38e

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 p < 0.05) when subject to Tukey's multiple comparison test.