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. 2017 Jan 16;2017:7384061. doi: 10.1155/2017/7384061

Table 3.

Antioxidant activity of the essential oils obtained from NR and HR roots of L. sibiricus.

Oil plant material Antioxidant activity
ABTS DPPH
(EC50, µg/mL) (EC50, μg/mL)
HR essential oil 88.22 ± 1.35 489.20 ± 1.45
NR essential oil 92.40 ± 1.99 500.50 ± 1.37
Positive control/BHA 6.25 ± 0.09 4.25 ± 0.10

BHA: butylated hydroxyl anisole, DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), and ABTS (2,20-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonate). Data represent the mean values ± SD in triplicate.