Exploration of Productivity, Chemical Composition, and Antioxidant Potential of Origanum vulgare L. Grown at Different Geographical Locations of Western Himalaya, India

Table 9

Correlation between essential oil components and antioxidant activity.

	p-Cymene	β-Ocimene	Linalool	Thymol	α-Terpinene	γ-Terpinene	3-Octanone	Oil yield	Temperature	Altitude	DPPH	ABTS	RP
p-Cymene	1	0.720	−0.044	−0.969	−0.934	−0.878	0.571	−0.333	−0.248	−0.058	0.820	0.769	0.902
β-Ocimene		1	−0.724	−0.868	−0.426	−0.964	0.981	−0.885	0.494	−0.734	0.947	0.996	0.947
Linalool			1	0.287	−0.315	0.515	−0.845	0.940	−0.957	0.999	−0.547	−0.669	−0.467
Thymol				1	0.819	0.968	−0.755	0.551	0.003	0.300	−0.922	−0.901	−0.980
α-Terpinene					1	0.650	−0.241	−0.020	0.577	−0.302	−0.586	−0.491	−0.690
γ-Terpinene						1	−0.893	0.739	−0.245	0.527	−0.964	−0.980	−0.997
3-Octanone							1	−0.954	0.654	−0.852	0.891	0.962	0.867
Oil yield								1	−0.818	0.947	−0.760	−0.851	−0.702
Temperature									1	−0.953	0.293	0.427	0.192
Altitude										1	−0.559	−0.680	−0.480
DPPH											1	0.950	0.970
ABTS												1	0.966
RP													1