Figure 1 demonstrates that, at the concentration examined (50 mg/ml), a general tendency of MeOH extract>EtOH extract > EtOAc extract was found for DPPH scavenging activity (p < 0.05). Maximum scavenging activity was observed for Fajr variety (93.91%). The reason why MeOH extract had superior
antioxidant activities to the EtOH and EtOAc, which exhibited a comparatively greater amount of the antioxidant compositions, may be explained by the possibility of more polar phenolic compounds and lipids in the MeOH extract, than in the EtOH and EtOAc [13].