Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial Activity, and Antioxidant Activity of Ocotea minarum (Nees & Mart.) Mez.

Table 4

Antioxidant activity of free radical capture DPPH and ABTS of extracts EEB and EEL of O. minarum and from the standard antioxidants: ascorbic acid (AA) and BHT.

Samples	DPPH			ABTS
	IC50 (μg/mL)	Maximal activity		IC50 (μg/mL)	Maximal activity
		μg/mL	%		μg/mL	%
AA		10	95.58		5	99.61
BHT		50	86.13		50	97.88
EEB		10	83.93		10	94.32
EEL		50	90.12		50	95.59

IC₅₀, required concentration to capture 50% of the free radicals in the reaction. Values are the error of the mean (SEM).