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. 2017 Mar-Apr;7(2):157–168.

Table 2.

Antioxidant activities of the Achillea extracts

Plant Species Plant organ IC50 (mg/ml)
DPPH BCB TBARS
Achillea eriophora Leaves 0.703±0.023 b 1.46±0.03 a 23.83±0.5 a
Inflorescence 0.91±0.001 a 1.78±0.441 a > 100
Achillea biebersteini Leaves 0.276±0.003 d 0.16±0.016 b 13.96±0.26 b
Inflorescence 0.33±0.006 c 1.63±0.176 a > 100
Ascorbate 0.016±0.0003 e - -
BHT - 0.00015±0.00002 b 4.93±0.74 c

Data are mean ± SD of three replicates.

a-e

, means in each column following different letters are significantly different (p<0.05) as determined by Duncan’s multiple rang test.