. 2024 Feb 9;29(4):807. doi: 10.3390/molecules29040807

Table 2.

The content * of Pphy, GSH, TPC, and DPPH radical scavenging activity in the kernels and flakes of twelve popcorn hybrids after microwave popping.

Hybrid	Pphy (mg/g DW)			GSH (µmol/g DW)			TPC (mg FAE/g DW)			DPPH (%)
Hybrid	Kernels	Flakes	% Change	Kernels	Flakes	% Change	Kernels	Flakes	% Change	Kernels	Flakes	% Change
H1	3.30 ± 0.08 ^ef	2.72 ± 0.04 ^ijk	−17.54	1.83 ± 0.01 ^f	0.66 ± 0.00 ^gh	−63.61	1.49 ± 0.03 ^k	1.56 ± 0.02 ^jk	4.27	43.89 ± 0.34 ^l	79.13 ± 0.13 ^bc	80.27
H2	3.55 ± 0.14 ^b	3.24 ± 0.02 ^ef	−8.67	1.92 ± 0.14 ^f	0.59 ± 0.00 ^hi	−69.32	2.30 ± 0.03 ^c	2.34 ± 0.05 ^bc	1.77	51.14 ± 0.55 ^k	74.97 ± 0.05 ^de	46.60
H3	3.36 ± 0.09 ^bcdef	2.88 ± 0.04 ^hi	−14.35	2.69 ± 0.00 ^a	0.74 ± 0.01 ^g	−72.49	1.74 ± 0.04 ^hij	1.76 ± 0.04 ^ghi	1.68	81.41 ± 0.05 ^bc	57.87 ± 0.16 ^j	−28.92
H4	3.49 ± 0.05 ^bcd	2.76 ± 0.15 ^ijk	−20.89	2.12 ± 0.05 ^e	0.65 ± 0.08 ^ghi	−69.43	2.03 ± 0.16 ^ef	2.08 ± 0.07 ^def	2.17	85.88 ± 0.08 ^a	69.79 ± 0.05 ^fg	−18.74
H5	3.51 ± 0.02 ^bc	2.63 ± 0.13 ^k	−25.00	2.16 ± 0.04 ^de	0.60 ± 0.03 ^ghi	−72.19	2.04 ± 0.20 ^ef	2.09 ± 0.04 ^def	2.30	70.40 ± 0.27 ^fg	68.10 ± 0.18 ^gh	−3.28
H6	4.13 ± 0.02 ^a	2.84 ± 0.09 ^ij	−31.08	2.68 ± 0.00 ^a	0.68 ± 0.03 ^gh	−74.60	2.24 ± 0.03 ^cd	2.29 ± 0.05 ^c	2.46	73.12 ± 0.18 ^ef	57.42 ± 0.23 ^j	−21.48
H7	3.35 ± 0.02 ^cdef	3.32 ± 0.02 ^def	−0.86	2.10 ± 0.07 ^e	0.63 ± 0.06 ^ghi	−69.91	1.89 ± 0.04 ^fgh	1.94 ± 0.05 ^fg	2.61	80.79 ± 0.12 ^bc	60.84 ± 0.25 ^ij	−24.70
H8	3.22 ± 0.07 ^fg	2.86 ± 0.06 ^hi	−11.04	2.31 ± 0.09 ^c	0.60 ± 0.02 ^ghi	−73.86	2.21 ± 0.10 ^cde	2.27 ± 0.04 ^cd	2.38	77.41 ± 0.09 ^cd	64.27 ± 0.10 ^hi	−16.97
H9	3.30 ± 0.08 ^ef	3.04 ± 0.03 ^gh	−7.72	1.84 ± 0.22 ^f	0.52 ± 0.05 ^ij	−71.69	1.67 ± 0.16 ^ijk	1.70 ± 0.07 ^ij	1.92	81.59 ± 0.38 ^ab	46.67 ± 0.10 ^l	−42.80
H10	3.20 ± 0.01 ^fg	2.71 ± 0.29 ^ijk	−15.09	2.27 ± 0.06 ^cd	0.44 ± 0.00 ^j	−80.61	2.49 ± 0.08 ^ab	2.56 ± 0.15 ^a	2.82	56.65 ± 0.68 ^j	32.38 ± 0.04 ^m	−42.84
H11	3.40 ± 0.02 ^bcde	2.61 ± 0.04 ^k	−23.35	2.38 ± 0.02 ^bc	0.60 ± 0.0 ^hi	−74.88	2.35 ± 0.19 ^bc	2.38 ± 0.08 ^abc	1.45	70.91 ± 0.16 ^efg	44.33 ± 0.07 ^l	−37.48
H12	3.25 ± 0.05 ^ef	2.67 ± 0.04 ^jk	−17.78	2.45 ± 0.05 ^b	0.72 ± 0.02 ^gh	−70.66	2.30 ± 0.02 ^bc	2.32 ± 0.06 ^bc	1.05	52.89 ± 0.12 ^k	45.18 ± 0.12 ^l	−14.58
Average	3.42 ± 0.25	2.86 ± 0.23	−16.12	2.23 ± 0.29	0.62 ± 0.08	−71.94	2.06 ± 0.31	2.11 ± 0.31	2.24	68.84 ± 14.11	58.41 ± 14.00	63.44
Average	3.42 ± 0.25	2.86 ± 0.23	−16.12	2.23 ± 0.29	0.62 ± 0.08	−71.94	2.06 ± 0.31	2.11 ± 0.31	2.24	68.84 ± 14.11	58.41 ± 14.00	−25.18

* Contents are expressed as mean values (n = 3) ± standard deviation (SD); means followed by a different letter within the same row are significantly different based on Fisher’s least significant difference test at a α = 0.05 level.