Table 2.
ORAC value of 35 herbs
| Latin Binomial | ORAC (µmol TE/g) | Latin Binomial | ORAC (µmol TE/g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platycladus orientalis | 940 | Polygonum multiflorum | 790 |
| Drynaria fortunei | 700 | Paeonia lactiflora | 680 |
| Bochmeria nivea | 640 | Rubia cordifolia | 640 |
| Gleditsia sinensis | 570 | Paeonia suffruticosa | 470 |
| Cirsium japomicum | 400 | Carthamus tinctorius | 370 |
| Cirsium setosum | 370 | Paeonia lactiflora | 350 |
| Arnebia euchroma | 320 | Zingiber officinale(carbonized†) | 280 |
| Rheum palmatum (steamed‡) | 270 | Sparganium stoloniferum | 260 |
| Vaccaria segetalis | 200 | Curcuma phaeocaulis | 170 |
| Curcuma wenyujin | 140 | Ligusticum chuanxiong | 130 |
| Imperata cylindrica | 130 | Corydalis yanhusuo | 130 |
| Typha angustifolia | 120 | Bletilla striata | 100 |
| Commiphora molmol | 96 | Prunus persica | 85 |
| Angelica sinensis | 78 | Rehmannia glutinosa(steamed‡) | 77 |
| Scrophularia ningpoensis | 77 | Panax notoginseng | 75 |
| Rehmannia glutinosa | 65 | Curcuma wenyujin | 54 |
| Boswellia carterii | 49 | Cyathula officinalis | 43 |
| Ziziphus jujuba | 40 |
†Carbonized medicine involves heating a drug to the point that the outer layer is burned black and the inner part brown/partly carbonized.
‡Steamed medicines are heated with vapour.