Research Article

Antioxidant Activity and Volatile and Phenolic Profiles of Essential Oil and Different Extracts of Wild Mint (Mentha longifolia) from the Pakistani Flora

Table 1

Yield of M. longifolia essential oil and hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol extracts.

SamplesYield (g/100 g)*

Essential oil1.07 ± 0.10a
n-Hexane extract7.30 ± 0.32c
Dichloromethane extract3.50 ± 0.21b
Methanol extract12.60 ± 0.70d

*Values are mean SD of three samples of M. longifolia analyzed individually in triplicate.
Different letters in superscript represent significant ( ) difference within solvents.