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However, quantitative data on chain-breaking activity and on the kinetics of peroxyl radical trapping are missing. Five phenol-rich EOs were analyzed by GC-MS and studied by oxygen-uptake kinetics in inhibited controlled autoxidations of reference substrates (cumene and squalene). Terpene-rich Thymus vulgaris (thymol 4%; carvacrol 33.9%), Origanum vulgare, (thymol 0.4%; carvacrol 66.2%) and Satureja hortensis, (thymol 1.7%; carvacrol 46.6%), had apparent kinh (30 \u00b0C, PhCl) of (1.5 \u00b1 0.3) \u00d7 104, (1.3 \u00b1 0.1) \u00d7 104 and (1.1 \u00b1 0.3) \u00d7 104 M\u22121s\u22121, respectively, while phenylpropanoid-rich Eugenia caryophyllus (eugenol 80.8%) and Cinnamomum zeylanicum, (eugenol 81.4%) showed apparent kinh (30 \u00b0C, PhCl) of (5.0 \u00b1 0.1) \u00d7 103 and (4.9 \u00b1 0.3) \u00d7 103 M\u22121s\u22121, respectively. All EOs already granted good antioxidant protection of cumene at a concentration of 1 ppm (1 mg\/L), the duration being proportional to their phenolic content, which dictated their antioxidant behavior. They also afforded excellent protection of squalene after adjusting their concentration (100 mg\/L) to account for the much higher oxidizability of this substrate. All investigated EOs had kinh comparable to synthetic butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) were are eligible to replace it in the protection of food or cosmetic products.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26175237","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,31]],"date-time":"2021-08-31T04:07:28Z","timestamp":1630382848000},"page":"5237","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Absolute Antioxidant Activity of Five Phenol-Rich Essential Oils"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Yafang","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry \u201cG. Ciamician\u201d, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, 40126 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Romeo","family":"Pizzol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry \u201cG. Ciamician\u201d, University of Bologna, Via S. 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