Research Article

Asteraceae Artemisia campestris and Artemisia herba-alba Essential Oils Trigger Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Leishmania infantum Promastigotes

Table 2

Antioxidant activities of A. campestris and A. herba-alba essential oils.

Free radical scavenging activity (IC50; mg/mL)Ions chelating capacity (mg EDTA/g EO)Reducing power (mM Fe2+)

A. campestris3.3 ± 0.112.97 ± 0.0317.79 ± 0.08
A. herba-alba 9.10 ± 0.422.30 ± 0.0627.48 ± 0.30
Trolox 0.025 ± 0.002

Data are expressed as means ± SD.
In each column, means followed by different letters are significantly different ().