Table 3.
SC₅₀ value determined in the ABTS assay of essential oils and equivalence value compared to reference compounds

	SC50 (mg/mL)	Equivalence value
		Trolox	Ascorbic acid	Tocopherol
		C. unshiu	0.09	2.69	2.05	3.92
C. loureirii Nees	0.06	3.94	3.01	5.75
A. capillaris Thunb.	4.05	n/a	n/a	n/a
J. chinensis	0.08	4.33	2.26	2.97
Z. schinifolium S. et Z.	0.25	1.33	0.7	0.91
C. pseudogulgul hort.	0.1	3.33	1.74	2.29
Z. piperitum	0.29	1.16	0.61	0.8

n/a : not applicable
Equivalence value = SC₅₀ value of reference compound (µmol) / SC₅₀ value of essential oil (100 g)