DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVIY Salvia sclarea L. AND Rosmarinus officinalis L. (LAMIACEAE) SPECIES FROM ESKİŞEHİR, TURKEY

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Salvia sclarea L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. are an important medicinal and aromatic plants of Lamiaceae. The plantmaterials were collected from Eskişehir and the collected samples were macerated with 70% MeOH. In this study, antioxidantactivity of plant extracts was evaluated using 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, Troloxequivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC assay) and β-carotene bleaching method. The in vitro antioxidant results, DPPH radicalscavenging assay and β-carotene bleaching method, it is seen that R. officinalis extract shows a more effective antioxidantactivity compared to S. sclarea extract, and in the TEAC assay, S. sclarea extract shows a more effective antioxidant activitythan R. officinalis extract.