Abstract

Salvia sclarea L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. are an important medicinal and aromatic plants of Lamiaceae. The plant materials were collected from Eskişehir and the collected samples were macerated with 70% MeOH. In this study, antioxidant activity of plant extracts was evaluated using 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC assay) and β-carotene bleaching method. The in vitro antioxidant results, DPPH radical scavenging assay and β-carotene bleaching method, it is seen that R. officinalis extract shows a more effective antioxidant activity compared to S. sclarea extract, and in the TEAC assay, S. sclarea extract shows a more effective antioxidant activity than R. officinalis extract.

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