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The identified compounds numbered 117 and 88, which constituted 99.4 and 99.2% of the total integrated peak area, respectively. The major GLEO constituents were sesquiterpenes germacrene D (17.53%), (E)-\u03b2-bergamotene (11.75%), (E,E)-\u03b1-farnesene (7.23%), and (E)-caryophyllene (5.29%), while monoterpene \u03b1-pinene (19.24%) was quantitatively dominant in GREO, followed by sesquiterpenes germacrene B (4.59%), (E)-caryophyllene (4.51%), \u03b2-barbatene (4.26%), and \u03b2-bazzanene (4.10%). Polyacetylene (Z)-falcarinol, which is an important bioactive compound, constituted 4.60% in GREO. The antioxidant characteristics of water, methanol, and acetone extracts were evaluated by the TPC, DPPH\u2022\/ABTS\u2022+ scavenging, and ORAC assays. The water and methanol extracts of the leaves were the strongest antioxidants; their TPC and ORAC values were 62.12 and 56.84 mg GAE\/g, and 1426 and 1293 \u00b5M TE\/g, respectively; the EC50 values of DPPH\u2022 and ABTS\u2022+ scavenging were 1.18 and 2.48, and 2.45 and 3.57 mg\/mL, respectively. 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