Table 3.
The correlations between thyme oil components and antioxidant activities. ** and *: significant at the 0.01 and 0.05 probability levels, respectively.
| Components | Antioxidant activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPPH | ABTS | FRAP | TBARS | |
| Borneol | − 0.95708* | − 0.89822 | 0.83123 | − 0.78727 |
| Carvacrol methyl ether | − 0.95469* | − 0.86998 | 0.82162 | − 0.75053 |
| Carvacrol ethyl ether | − 0.96665* | − 0.93093 | 0.85974 | − 0.83460 |
| β-Bisabolene | 0.96544* | 0.81295 | − 0.86444 | 0.70027 |
| Artemisia triene | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| α-Terpinne | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| (Z)-Tagetone | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Isobornyl acetate | − 0.88440 | − 0.98067* | 0.82587 | − 0.93715 |
| Dihydrocitronellol acetate | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586 |
| 4′-Methoxy-Acetophenone | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Eugenol | − 0.71360 | − 0.91657 | 0.77973 | − 0.96836* |
| Carvacrol acetate | − 0.79902 | − 0.96479* | 0.81926 | − 0.98119* |
| β-Cedrene | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Dauca-5,8-diene | − 0.81422 | − 0.96651* | 0.85879 | − 0.99426* |
| trans-Cadina-1(6),4-diene | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Spathulenol | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Viridiflorol | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96585 |
| α-Acorenol | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586* |
| Caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5β-ol | − 0.72122 | − 0.92462 | 0.76939 | − 0.96586 |
| δ-Amorphene | − 0.68532 | − 0.88631 | 0.79189 | − 0.96065* |