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. 2013 Jan 4;2(1):18–31. doi: 10.3390/foods2010018

Table 3.

Antioxidant activity of olive leaves extracts 1.

Olive Leaf Extract Antioxidant Activity, as % Inhibition
Methanol extract 46.2 ± 0.75 a
Ethanol extract 55.0 ± 1.09 b
Ethanol/water 1:1 extract 40.9 ± 1.22 c
n-Propanol extract 18.8 ± 0.58 d
Isopropanol extract 32.8 ± 1.41 e
Ethyl acetate extract 22.5 ± 0.63 f
SFE/CO2 extract 33.9 ± 1.81 e

1 Extraction time 3 h; Means with unlike letters differ significantly (p < 0.05).