Biological Efficacy of Essential Oils and Plant Extracts of Cultivated and Wild Ecotypes of Origanum vulgare L.

Table 10

Comparative metal scavenging and intracellular ROS activity of plant extracts of cultivated and wild accessions of Origanum vulgare L., thriving across north western Himalayas.

Scavenging effect of metal chelating activity (%)				Intracellular ROS activity (%)
Places	METH	EDTA	ETH	METH	ETH
Tangmarg	11 ± 0.29	23 ± 0.77	15 ± 0.36	27 ± 0.64	35 ± 0.82
Bonera	20 ± 0.40	50 ± 1.04	20 ± 0.41	21 ± 0.43	31 ± 0.64
Sanatnagar	35 ± 0.80	90 ± 2.02	32 ± 0.83	18 ± 0.37	21 ± 0.43
Chorwan	96.6 ± 2.13	140.3 ± 3.27	114.9 ± 2.5	49.4 ± 1.02	45.9 ± 0.95
Kanzalwan	119.8 ± 2.61	174.5 ± 3.98	140.9 ± 3.06	76.5 ± 1.59	109.86 ± 2.28
Markoot	76.98 ± 1.60	208.7 ± 4.33	88.9 ± 1.87	60.09 ± 1.35	67.22 ± 1.35
Izmarg	85 ± 1.75	242.9 ± 5.05	101.9 ± 2.13	62.43 ± 1.29	77.88 ± 1.62
Dachigam	108.2 ± 2.02	277.1 ± 6.12	127.9 ± 2.79	69.78 ± 1.45	99.2 ± 2.06
Yusmarg	50.2 ± 1.04	311.3 ± 6.48	62.9 ± 1.30	51.89 ± 1.08	88.54 ± 1.84
Uri	61.8 ± 1.30	345.5 ± 7.19	75.9 ± 1.57	48.78 ± 1.01	56.78 ± 1.18
CD	20.07	20.88	23.51	9.96	25.85
SE (d)	9.48	9.86	11.10	4.70	12.08
SE (M)	6.70	6.97	7.85	3.32	8.54
CV	16.70	7.95	16.92	12.08	25.27