Table 2.
Antioxidant activities of the Achillea extracts
| Plant Species | Plant organ |
IC50 (mg/ml)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
, means in each column following different letters are significantly different (p<0.05) as determined by Duncan’s multiple rang test.