the antioxidant activity of the different extracts and fractions of aerial parts of otostegia persica (burm.) boiss. were evaluated using beta-carotene bleaching and lipid peroxidation methods. the inhibitory activity of the plant extracts on the peroxidation of linoleic acid were measured by ferric thiocyanate method in comparison to methanolic extracts of green tee, ginkgo biloba, vit.e and b...