Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of the Essential Oils from Thymbra capitata and Thymus Species Grown in Portugal

Table 3

Antioxidant activity of essential oils evaluated by the TEAC and ORAC methods.

Plant species	Code	TEAC (μmol TE/g essential oil)	ORAC (μmol TE/g essential oil)
Thymbra capitata	Tc	25.2 ± 1.3^ab	183.6 ± 9.6^a
Thymus caespititius	Thc_F	25.8 ± 1.3^ab	182.8 ± 9.6^a
Thymus caespititius	Thc_P	23.0 ± 1.3^ab	170.3 ± 9.6^abc
Thymus caespititius	Thc_T	27.3 ± 1.3^a	190.6 ± 9.6^a
Thymus caespititius	Thc_G	10.8 ± 1.3^c	144.5 ± 9.6^cd
Thymus caespititius	Thc_PC	8.1 ± 1.3^c	127.1 ± 9.6^d
Thymus mastichina	Thm_VC	21.2 ± 1.3^b	178.4 ± 9.6^ab
Thymus pulegioides	Thp_SN	22.8 ± 1.3^ab	179.4 ± 9.6^ab
Thymus villosus subsp. lusitanicus	Thvl_O	3.7 ± 1.3^d	148.4 ± 9.6^bcd

Values in the same column followed by the same letter are not significant by Tukey’s multiple range test ().