“…The remarkable scavenging activities of the essential oil can be attributed to the high flavonoid content in comparison to the phenolic content. Flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds which can be categorized into various groups such as flavonols, flavones, flavanones, isoflavones, catechins, anthocyanidins and chalcones (Subedi et al, 2014). Hence, it can act asscavengers of various oxidizing species and also act as quenchers of singlet oxygen of different chemical structurally.…”