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. 2011 Autumn;10(4):799–810.

Table 3.

Antioxidant activity (%) of the volatile oils obtained from various parts of Juniperus excelsa subsp. polycarpos and J. excelsa subsp. excels as well as other tested compounds in DPPH assay

Concentration (μL/mL)
4 2 1 0.5 0.1
77.7(3.2) 37.9 (1.6) 21.8 (0.5) 10.6 (0.8) 4.2 (0.4) (1) Quercetin
38.7(1.0) 19.3 (0.3) 11.1 (1.8) 4.9 (0.3) 1.3 Vitamin C
13.3(3.6) 4.8 (0.6) 2.6 (0.4) 1.9 (0.3) 0.5 BHT
2.4(0.9) 0.7 (0.3) 1.0 (0.4) 0.3 (0.2) 0.6 (0.4) DMSO
5.26(0.32) 1.10 (1.1) NA NA NA Vitamin E
17.7(0.3) 8.5 (0.6) 5.6 (0.4) 3.3 (0.4) 0.8 (0.4) γ-Terpinene
3.1(0.4) 1.5 (0.342) 1.8 (0.4) 1.6 (0.3) 0.8 (0.3) Cedrol
13.0(3.6) 4.8 (0.6) 2.3 (0.4) 1.9 (0.3) 0.5 δ-2-Carene
4.8(0.4) 1.1 (0.6) 0.5 (0.2) 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1) δ-3-Carene
NA 0.4 (0.2) 2.1 (0.3) NA 0.2 (0.2) Limonene
1.0 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2) NA NA 0.4(0.3) β-Pinene
NA NA NA NA NA α-Pinene
5.1(0.5) 1.8 (0.1) 1.0 (0.4) 1.4 (0.4) NA Sabinene
9.8 (0.4) 4.5 (0.5) 5.0 (1.8) 3.5 1.6 (0.7) J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos ML
16.8 (0.3) 7.3 (0.4) 5.4 (1.1) 3.2 (0.4) 1.7 (0.3) J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos FL
1.4 NA NA NA NA J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos FT
8.2(0.6) 4.8 (0.4) 3.0 (0.4) 1.9 (0.5) 1.9 (0.8) J. excelsa subsp. excels L
6.6(1.8) 5.1 2.7 1.6 (0.4) 3.8 (0.7) J. excelsa subsp. excels FT

(1): Amounts in parenthesis are representing standard deviation; NA: Not Active; ML: Male Leaves, FL: Female Leaves, FT: Fruit, L: Leaves