Eight brands of te« (camettts sfncnsis),wbich er« cultivsted and commerci,1Jly available in Etbiopi:w 1narkcl, 1+ere an<tlJ'7.t!d for estuaetkm ot theis rOlal s1:!tV1Hlary ffl<.."lltbolitcs (pol)pht:.nols, fla1l<>r1oids ;tnd liJl1r1ins) cotuent and li·P.e radical ._cavcngin;.: acti~-ft.,Y whicir-is E.'<JKl'5se<J on dr:/ H'11iyl1r basis. 111 tbts rprescnt stuc:{y. the 1vtaJ po1)71JJ~no1s, U;1u:ln ar,d flav(n!Old cements tt"t"re studied sµeciror>huron1cliica!l.J' using Foiin- Dennis, FtJ!l11-l)cnn;efpro;ci11 prec!piic11i<Jt1 and alu:r.i;Jiu111 chloride methods resµecrivC'lJ'· 'file fret> t edical s<:<ti·enging ;,crl>liy "''" dC£crmi11ed by usin;t VPPl I radical as.<ay. Rcsvtt« of the aTJ<<iysis revealed th~t the tom/ po~vphcno! comcnt varied fmlll 21.296 ± 0.236 I<.> 31. 58 ± 0.31 mg uf gai/ir: ;,dd cqutveteu: (G.4E)!g of dry •>eig'/11 equivalcm to fir.non 10 Green tee. fl;mmoid corucnts in tfil samp!e.s mried from 8.173 1. 0.575 (Dir• rca) '" 23.168 s: 0.68 mg of cared1in cqui>;;/mr (CE)!g dry wdghl (Cree« tea) end uumto <'01Jtc11i varied Iron 5.637.z O.J9 {D/r,') lo 1.46'9 s: 0.214 ITll! tennic «Cid equlv:iJklJI (!:4£)/g dry weigh! (Green tea). The troc rJCik<ll sc;M?!flgi11g »cuvuy 1:m1u11g th« lea br;md semptes range from 28.79'lfa-1 1.86 {Blwck l!on) to 81.J.()4 :t 0.63 mg ascorbic acid e4ulmle11/ (1\AEjlg (Green tea) and tile lialf ma.~imal tnhibttory' m1rcemration (IC:m} •<1/aes •'aricd from 1. 303 = 1. 35 {Green tea) w fi4.UJ5 1:: 2.8lµgii11L(Dire tea) at (P<0.05). 111!' correlation /XNW('<'n me antioxldani 1<i:1iviry with tote! po~vpfle11ol (R = 0. 91325), tlevonoid« {R = OJJIJS58) and !;mnill ccmtems(R = a. 73125) W<lS calculaced <Jnrl msxitmnn corretetiot: vstuc li"aS fuund between JXJ~t-phcn<JJ comeu snd th« free i'f:l(li<:al scavenging ar;:/iv!ry of Ille rea sumplc», The result supports 1ltat pol)'pilcr.ols were mor« rc•sµonslble f'm tree "acgc(JI scavcnt:inJ.1 acuvtty In !I.If:! µJcse,,1/y S!t.'{fy. 1hl results in tbi» stud_\.· also rrveslcd t/Jar green zea h<J,..,. the most prom; ... ;fng aniiuxlda?l ac:tit'Jc)" .