Table 2.

Total polyphenol and flavonoids contents and in vitro antioxidant activities of P. sativum extracts.

Extracts	Total polyphenols (mg GA/g extract)	Total flavonoids (mg quercetin/g extract)	Antioxidant activity
			DPPH (IC50, μg/mL)	FRAP (mM of FeSO4/g extract)
Aqueous extract	29.44 ± 0.20b	6.55 ± 0.20b	20.03 ± 0.30a	27.22 ± 0.50b
Ethanolic extract	48.5 ± 0.30a	40.8 ± 1.0a	25.76 ± 0.50ab	37.03 ± 0.20a
Quercetin	–	–	0.23 ± 0.01d	–
BHT	–	–	4.21 ± 0.08c	–

Letters in superscript indicate a statistical difference at p < 0.05.