Chemical Composition and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) Essential Oils and Phenolics

Table 4

DPPH test (IC₅₀ µg/mL) and reducing power (EC₅₀ µg/mL) of methanol extracts of wormwood aerial parts.

	Bou Salem	Kairouan	Jérissa	Boukornine	BHT	Ascorbic acid	df
DPPH (IC50 µg/mL)	9.38 ± 0.82^d	18.99 ± 0.38^c	31.74 ± 1.23^b	44.26 ± 1.92^a	10.77 ± 2.98		3	56.46	0.000^***
Reducing power; (EC50 µg/mL)	2.36 ± 0.15^b	4.03 ± 0.45^d	2.46 ± 0.46^a	2.16 ± 0.05^c		4,20 ± 0,11	3	1.27	0.348^NS

IC₅₀ and EC₅₀ values represent the mean of three replicates ( = 3); letters (a–d) indicate significant differences at . ^***Significant at %. NS: not significant. df: degree of freedom, : Fisher value, and : probability.