Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (R²) between 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS), Ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and the reducing power of Carthamus tinctorius L. seed extract (CSE).

	DPPH	ABTS	Reducing Power	FRAP
DPPH	-	0.6139 **	0.9752 **	0.9679 **
ABTS	0.6139 **	-	0.7597 **	0.7782 **
Reducing power	0.9752 **	0.7597 **	-	0.9995 *
FRAP	0.9679 **	0.7782 **	0.9995 *	-

* Correlation is significant at p < 0.05; ** Correlation is significant at p < 0.01.