Table 5.
Total flavonoid contents of kombucha products made from black tea and fusions of black tea and PPC.
| Time (Day) | Kombucha products | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | K5 | K6 | K7 | |
| 0 | 33.03 ± 0.46Ed | 36.15 ± 0.35Aa | 33.60 ± 0.22Ac | 35.12 ± 0.15Ab | 24.05 ± 0.30Be | 23.87 ± 0.03Be | 21.68 ± 0.10Bf |
| 2 | 32.15 ± 0.02Fa | 22.03 ± 0.12Dd | 20.15 ± 0.12Ff | 19.12 ± 0.05Dg | 23.12 ± 0.23CDb | 22.69 ± 0.25Ec | 20.98 ± 0.05Ce |
| 4 | 34.61 ± 0.28 Da | 23.08 ± 0.09Cd | 21.74 ± 0.13De | 21.38 ± 0.16Ce | 27.26 ± 0.29Ab | 26.87 ± 0.26Ac | 21.67 ± 0.14Be |
| 6 | 35.53 ± 0.13Ca | 23.11 ± 0.09Cc | 21.90 ± 0.17De | 21.40 ± 0.13Cg | 23.40 ± 0.04Cb | 22.52 ± 0.08Ed | 21.67 ± 0.05Bf |
| 8 | 35.92 ± 0.01Ba | 23.36 ± 0.23Cc | 22.05 ± 0.34Dd | 21.35 ± 0.14Ce | 24.52 ± 0.39Bb | 23.62 ± 0.04BCc | 21.87 ± 0.13Bd |
| 10 | 35.54 ± 0.19Ca | 22.31 ± 0.15Dc | 21.27 ± 0.15Ed | 21.24 ± 0.06Cd | 23.45 ± 0.69Cb | 23.21 ± 0.14Db | 19.78 ± 0.29De |
| 12 | 36.64 ± 0.10Aa | 24.74 ± 0.21Bb | 23.42 ± 0.12Cc | 22.51 ± 0.62Bd | 22.74 ± 0.04Dd | 23.46 ± 0.24CDc | 21.63 ± 0.02Be |
| 14 | 33.24 ± 0.09Ea | 24.99 ± 0.08Bb | 23.91 ± 0.18Bc | 22.81 ± 0.59Be | 22.64 ± 0.05De | 23.47 ± 0.16CDd | 22.96 ± 0.07Ae |
Data are mean ± SD (expressed as milligram of quercetin equivalent per liters of kombucha solution, mg QE/L);
Values with the different capital letters within a column are significantly different at p < 0.05, while the values with the different lowercase letters within a row are significantly different at p < 0.05 based on LSD analysis.