Synthesis, Characterization, Anticancer, and Antioxidant Studies of Ru(III) Complexes of Monobasic Tridentate Schiff Bases

Table 2

Radical scavenging abilities (, M) of Ru(III)-Schiff base complexes and standard drugs.

Compounds	DPPH radical scavenging activity		ABTS radical scavenging activity
	IC50 (µM)		IC50 (µM)
Ru(DAE)Cl2(H2O)		0.965		0.959
Ru(HME)Cl2(H2O)		0.974		0.808
Ru(MBE)Cl2(H2O)		0.991		0.877
Ru(DEE)Cl2(H2O)		0.963		0.855
Rutin		0.798		0.983
Vit. C		0.978	—	—
BHT	—	—		0.919

, ; IC₅₀: growth inhibitory concentration; when the inhibition of the tested compounds was 50%, the tested compound concentration was IC₅₀. : correlation coefficient. Standards.