The antioxidant activity of rosemary is attributed to the presence of phenolic diterpenes, such as carnosol and carnosic acid, as well as its capacity to donate electrons to free radicals and terminate the chain reaction (Madsen & Bertelsen, 1995).
The results obtained from the kinetic study of the oxidation of the samples using the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa non-isothermal method are shown in Table 3.