Determination of The Antioxidant Activities of Some Endemic Tanacetum L. (Asteraceae) Taxa Which Have Been Installed in Erzincan and Environment

In this study, the antioxidant activities of the chloroform and the ethanol extracts of the leaves of three different endemic taxa spreading around Erzincan [Tanacetum heterotomum, Tanacetum densum subsp. eginense and Tanacetum alyssifolium] were investigated. The antioxidant activities of the extracts were identified by using DPPH radical scavenging activity, reducing power, total fenolic content, total flavonoid content, ABTS radical scavenging activity, metal chelating activity and determination of total antioxidant capacity methods. Among the extracts studied, it was determined that, the extracts of Tanacetum heterotomum had the highest activity for many parameters.