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

Table 6

Comparative biological efficacy of plant extracts of cultivated and wild accessions of Origanum vulgare L., thriving across north western Himalayas.

Inhibition of tyrosinase activity (%)			β-Carotene-linoleic acid assay
Places	METH	ETH	METH	ETH
Tangmarg	81.0 ± 1.75	87.0 ± 1.93	22.77 ± 0.47	26.72 ± 0.55
Bonera	71.0 ± 1.66	47.0 ± 0.88	10.52 ± 0.22	20.23 ± 0.42
Sanatnagar	48.0 ± 1.06	37.8 ± 0.68	8.37 ± 0.17	10.12 ± 0.20
Chorwan	31.0 ± 0.56	31.0 ± 0.62	33.04 ± 0.74	36.73 ± 0.80
Kanzalwan	27.0 ± 0.42	21.0 ± 0.47	46.72 ± 0.99	46.90 ± 1.11
Markoot	30.4 ± 0.67	29.4 ± 0.58	35.23 ± 0.73	37.08 ± 0.77
Izmarg	16.6 ± 0.36	23.1 ± 0.47	27.12 ± 0.56	32.26 ± 0.67
Dachigam	9.2 ± 0.18	17.1 ± 0.42	30.69 ± 0.66	17.09 ± 0.40
Yusmarg	1.9 ± 0.03	17.0 ± 0.36	20.68 ± 0.43	10.78 ± 0.22
Uri	6.0 ± 0.12	16.9 ± 0.32	18.30 ± 0.38	16.98 ± 0.14
CD	16.22	15.73	0.76	0.92
SE (d)	7.66	7.43	0.36	0.43
SE (M)	5.41	5.25	0.25	0.31
CV	21.90	22.18	1.70	2.10