Skip to main content
. 2018 Jul 3;18:201. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2274-x

Table 2.

Antioxidant activities of aerial parts of M. spicate essential oil

Scavenging activity IC50 (μg/mL)
Parameters DPPH ABTS FRAP
Essential oil 3450 ± 172.5a 40.2 ± 0.2a 215 ± 4.50a
Ascorbic acid 2.22 ± 0.04b 0.82 ± 0.01b 2.2 ± 0.1b
BHT 15.20 ± 0.02b 1.42 ± 0.05b 18.2 ± 0.5b

Each value in the table is represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Means not sharing the same letter are significantly different at P < 0.05 probability level in each column