Table 2 Radical Scavenging Activity and Anticancer Activity of ethanol and aqueous extracts of Chaetomorpha sp.

From: Antioxidant, Anticancer Activity and Phytochemical Analysis of Green Algae, Chaetomorpha Collected from the Arabian Gulf

Solvent

Antioxidant Activity IC50 (mg/mL)

Anticancer Activity IC50 (µg/mL)

Ethanol

9.41 ± 0.54

225.18 ± 0.61

Water

15.44 ± 0.98*

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Ascorbic acid

0.03 ± 0.01

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  1. Data were performed in triplicates and represented as mean ± SD. Ascorbic acid as standard antioxidant.
  2. *represent significantly different p < 0.05.
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