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. 2021 Dec 14;2021:6748052. doi: 10.1155/2021/6748052

Table 2.

Antioxidant activity of essential oils from Lamiaceae species.

Species and plant part Technique Results Reference
Cedronella canariensis (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 615.5 ± 76.5 μg/mL [114]
ABTS IC50 = 10.5 ± 0.6 μg/mL
FRAP IC50 = 3.8 ± 1.4 6 μmol TE/g
Mentha piperita (leaves) DPPH Radical scavenging = 92.6 ± 6.86% [115]
Reducing power Reducing power = 0.9 ± 0.3
M. pulegium (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 321.41 ± 2.53 μg/mL [116]
FRAP IC50 = 58.27 ±  2.72 μg/mL
M. rotundifolia (leaves) DPPH IC50 = 2222.2 ± 25.2 μg/mL [117]
ABTS IC50 = 133.8 ± 4.8 μg/mL
Reducing power IC50 = 166.6 ± 1.9 μg/mL
Phosphomolybdate IC50 = 45.2 ± 1.2 μg/mL
M. spicata (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 3450 ± 172.5 μg/mL [118]
ABTS IC50 = 40.2 ± 0.2 μg/mL
FRAP IC50 = 215 ± 4.50 μg/mL
M. spicata (leaves) DPPH IC50 = 41, 23 µg/mL [119]
O. basilicum (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 4.04 ± 0.09–0.21 ± 0.02 mg/mL [120]
β-carotene Bleaching =  23.8 ± 0.6–85.3 ± 1.0%
Origanum dictamnus (flowers) DPPH IC50 = 0.0459 ±  0.0042% (v/v) [121]
O. floribundum (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 369.9 ± 3.1– 1091.7 ± 4.5 µg/mL [122]
Reducing power IC50 = 230 ± 5.2– 315 ± 3.9 µg/mL
ABTS IC50 = 33.6 ± 0.3– 95.5 ± 2.2 µg/mL
O. vulgare (aerial parts) ABTS IC50 = 14,00257 mg/mL [123]
O. vulgare (flowers) DPPH EC50 =  0.68 mL/mL [124]
O. vulgare (stems) DPPH EC50 = 1.82 mL/mL [124]
R. officinalis (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 523.41 ± 8.25 µg/mL [116]
FRAP IC50 = 85.74 ± 7.57 µg/mL
R. officinalis (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 10.08 ± 0.15 µg/mL [125]
TBARS IC50 = 1.76 ± 0.02 µg/mL
R. officinalis (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 13.00 ± 0.51 µg/mL [126]
Satureja hortensis (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 13.45 ± 0.35 µg/mL [127]
Scutellaria immaculate (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 82.8 ± 3.1 µg/mL [128]
ABTS IC50 = 37.8 ± 0.9 µg/mL
FRAP IC50 = 720.19 ± 4.8 µg/mL
S. ramosissima (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 82.8 ± 3.1 µg/mL [128]
ABTS IC50 = 93.6 ± 0.8 µg/mL
FRAP IC50 = 837.23 ± 3.2 µg/mL
S. schachristanica (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 57.6 ± 2.7 µg/mL [128]
ABTS IC50 = 66.6 ± 1.2 µg/mL
FRAP IC50 = 779.64 ± 8.6 µg/mL
Teucrium flavum (aerial parts) DPPH IC50 = 31.5 ± 1.8 µg/mL [129]
Thymus capitatus (Leaves) DPPH IC50 = 0.619 ± 0.11 µg/mL [130]
FRAP IC50 = 2,13 ± 0.07 µg/mL
TAC IC50 = 0.78 ± 0.14 µg/mL