The antioxidant activities of spices and herbs are attributed not only to the polar phenolic and essential oil contents but also to tocopherol,and the presence of tocopherols in plant leaves was also demonstrated by hexane extraction in a recent report [1-7].However,no further information is available concerning the tocopherol constituents of the Turkish endemic herbs as a source of natural antioxidants in this study.So,our aim was to detect the tocopherol constituents of the Turkish endemic herbs as a source of natural antioxidants in this study.
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