Comparative Antioxidant Potential of Essential Oils: A Mini review

Abstract

Medicinal plants are in practice to treat ailments since ancient human civilization. The characteristic phenolic compounds and bioactive ingredients present in these plants owe to their charismatic antioxidant potency. The derived essential oils from these plants further decrease the auto-oxidation and oxidative stress by imparting scavenging effects thereby increasing the shelf life of the product obtained. Thus, essential oils extracted from such medicinal plants are of great antioxidant value as compared to synthetic antioxidants, proving their impetus as cost effectively natural great antioxidants reservoir without any harmful effects.