Table 2.

Vegetal sources used as natural antioxidants in foods.

Source Categories	Plant	Scientific Name	Part Used in Food Industry	References
Aromatic herbs	Basil	Ocimum basilicum	Leaves	[15,16]
	Curry	Murraya koenigii	Leaves	[1,17]
	Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Leaves	[9,15]
	Hyssop	Hyssopus officinalis	Leaves and secondary branches	[18]
	Lemon balm	Melissa officinalis	Leaves	[19]
	Lemon grass	Cymbopogon citratus	Leaves	[15]
	Mint	Mentha spicata	Leaves	[1,17]
	Myrtle	Myrtus communis myrtillus	Leaves	[15,19]
	Oregano	Origanum vulgare	Leaves	[1,20]
	Rosemary	Rosmarinus officinalis	Leaves and secondary branches	[1,15,18,19]
	Stonecrop	Sedum sarmentosum Bunge	Leaves	[21]
	Summer savory	Satureja hortensis	Leaves	[1]
	Watercress	Nasturtium officinale	Leaves Flower	[15,22]
Algae	Green algae	Green algae	Algae	[15,23]
Dried fruits and seeds	Chestnut	Castanea	Leaves Peel	[15,24]
	Peanut	Arachis hypogaea	Skin	[1,4]
	Sesame	Sesamum indicum	Leaves	[21]
Fruit	Coffee	Coffea	Leaves	[15,25,26]
	Date palm	Phoenix dactylifera	Pits	[1,27]
	Grape	Vitis vinifera	Seed Pomace	[1,15,20,28]
	Kinnow	Citrus reticulate	Peel	[1,4]
	Mango	Mangifera indica	Peel	[15,29,30]
	Olive	Olea europaea	Tree leaves	[1,4,15,31]
	Strawberry	Fragaria × ananassa	Leaves Fruit	[4,32]
	Acanthopanax	Acanthopanax sessiliflorum	Leaves	[1,21]
	Apple	Malus pumila	Peel	[15,33]
	Banana	Musa	Peel Fruit	[4,15,34]
	Carob fruit	Ceratonia siliqua	Leaves	[35]
	Goji berry	Lycium barbarum	Fruit	[15,36]
	Papaya	Carica papaya	Seeds	[15,37]
	Peach	Prunus persica	Fruit	[15,38]
	Pineapple	Ananas comosus	Peel	[15,39]
	Pomegranate	Punica granatum	Flower Peel	[4,15,20,40,41,42]
	Blueberry	Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus	Leaves Fruit	[15,43]
	Cape gooseberry	Physalis peruviana	Leaves Fruit	[15,44,45]
	Chokeberry	Aronia melanocarpa	Leaves Fruits	[46,47,48,49]
	Cranberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	Leaves Fruit	[25]
Herbal teas	Ginkgo biloba	Ginkgo biloba	Leaves	[15,50]
	Butterbur	Petasites japonicus Maxim	Leaves	[1,51]
	Chamomile	Matricaria recutita L.	Flower	[9,15]
	Green tea	Camellia sinensis	Leaves	[1]
	Nettle	Urtica dioica	Leaves Flower	[1,19,52,53,54]
	Roselle	Hibiscus sabdariffa	Flower water	[1]
Spice	Fenugreek	Trigonella foenum-graecum	Seed	[1]
	Clove	Eugenia caryophylata	Bud	[1,20]
	Black seed	Nigella sativa	Seeds	[40]
	Cinnamon stick	Cinnamomum burmannii	Cortex	[1,20]
	Cinnamon	Cinnamomum verum	Bark	[1,15,40]
	Ginger	Zingiber officinale	Rhizome Flowering head	[1,55]
Vegetable	Licorice	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Root	[40]
	Lotus	Nelumbo nucifera	Rhizome knot Leaves	[1,56,57]
	Potato	Solanum tuberosum	Peel	[1]
	Pumpkin	Cucurbita moschata Duch	Leaves	[1,21,51]
	Bok choy	Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis	Leaves	[1,21,51]
	Broccoli	Brassica oleracea L. var. italica	Flowering head	[1,21,51,58]
	Carrot	Daucus carota	Peel	[15,59]
	Chamnamul	Pimpinella brachycarpa	Leaves	[1]
	Chinese chives/Leek	Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng	Leaves	[21,51]
	Crown daisy	Chrysanthemum coronarium	Leaves	[21,51]
	Eggplant	Solanum melongena	Peel	[15,60]
	Eleutherine	Eleutherine americana	Bulb	[1,20]
	Fatsia	Aralia elata Seem	Leaves	[21,51]
	Garlic	Allium sativum	Aerial parts Bulb	[1,40,55]
	Onion	Allium cepa L.	Bulb	[55]
	Soybean	Glycine max L. Merr	Leaves	[4,51]
	Sweet potato	Ipomoea batatas	Peel	[15,61]
	Tomato	Solanum lycopersicum	Pulp	[15,32]