“…Phellandrene has the highest reducing ability (65.500 mmol/kg), while menthol and menthone (0.165 and 0.168 mmol/kg) show the lowest. The best antioxidants are flavonoids (Vessal et al, 2003;Molina et al, 2003), therefore, the values are related to a well-known flavonoid antioxidant, quercetin, and to its glycoside, rutin. The antioxidant capacities of the compounds and of volatile oils show concentration dependence as seen in Fig.…”