Table 3.

Antioxidant activity of different extracts of saffron

Type of extract	Observation	Ref.
Ethanolic extract Methanolic extract	Having radical scavenging activity	Montoro et al. 2012
Ethanolic extract Aqueous extract	The highest phenolic content in ehtanolic E. The best antioxidant activity in ethanolic E.	Amin et al. 2011
Aqueous extract	Reduction of free radicals	Makhlouf et al. 2011
Aqueous extract	Having antioxidant effects in chronic stress	Ghadrdoost et al. 2011
Boiling water Ethanolic extract Methanolic extract	Higher reductive potential (FRAP assay) in Methanolic extract Showing strong free radical scavenging activity	Karimi et al. 2010
Methanolic extract Water–methanol extract	Hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity	Bathaie and Mousavi 2010
Methanolic extract	Remarkable intracellular antioxidant activity	Ordoudi et al. 2009
Ethanolic extract	Showing good antioxidant activity by in vitro antioxidant models (Anti-hemolysis, DPPH radical scavenging Lipid peroxidation assay and phosphor molybdenum)	Chen et al. 2008
Aqueous extract	Reducing lipid peroxidation products Increasing antioxidant power	Hosseinzadeh et al. 2005