Table 2. Antioxidant activities and lipid peroxidation level of 5 Tunisian plants extracts

Samples DPPH ABTS FRAP ORAC Lipid peroxidation
IC50 (mg/mL) μmolFeSO4/g mmolTE/g MDA (nmol/mg)
Ammophila arenaria Link 0.61±0.08a1) 0.12±0.08a 118.11±2.88i 1.71±0.06f 0.76±0.06de
Callistemon citrinus Skeels 0.15±0.00ef 0.06±0.00a 448.14±0.75a 3.15±0.10c 0.83±0.01cde
Cistus villosus L. 0.14±0.00f 0.06±0.00a 438.91±0.36b 2.66±0.14de 0.76±0.03e
Eucalyptus camaldulenis Dehnh. 0.15±0.00ef 0.06±0.00a 445.47±1.41a 3.06±0.18c 0.91±0.08bc
Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. 0.15±0.00ef 0.09±0.00a 426.09±0.54c 2.74±0.08d 0.94±0.02b
Laurus nobilis L. 0.19±0.01de 0.26±0.01b 354.59±3.26g 2.60±0.03de 0.97±0.02b
Myrtus communis L. 0.05±0.02g 0.06±0.02ab 428.48±3.91c 3.99±0.11b 1.26±0.17a
Nicotiana glauca Graham 0.21±0.01cd 0.11±0.01a 394.04±6.00e 4.43±0.10a 0.87±0.03bcd
Pistacia lentiscus L. 0.15±0.00ef 0.13±0.00a 383.14±7.00f 3.91±0.06b 0.75±0.03e
Rosmarinus officinalis L. 0.25±0.00bc 0.21±0.00a 406.43±3.19d 2.53±0.13e 0.73±0.04e
Thymus capitatus Hoffmanns. & Link 0.25±0.00b 0.14±0.00a 409.46±2.11d 2.55±0.10e 0.73±0.06e
Ascorbic acid 0.05±0.00g 0.08±0.00a 312.25±1.48h 1.73±0.14g 0.73±0.02e
All values represent mean±SD (n=3). Values with different letters are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).