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 1

Capacity to inhibit lipid peroxidation and to reduce the DPPH radical.

CompoundIC50μM
Lipid peroxidationReduction of DPPH

14.72 ± 0.11 >100
23.09 ± 0.19 30.66 ± 8.14
3nd*nd
4ndnd
64.30 ± 0.27 13.11 ± 1.2
76.16 ± 0.06 >100
8ndnd
914.46 ± 0.61 6.97 ± 0.14
11 17.35 ± 1.40 nd
12nd
131.82 ± 0.12 nd
14>100nd
15>100nd
16>100nd
173.67 ± 0.43
180.58 ± 0.008nd
α-Tocopherol6.78 ± 2.1631.74 ± 1

*Not determined: at the concentrations tested the activity of compounds was low.