Table 8.

2,2′-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) free radical scavenging activity (μmol TEAC/g of dry sample) ¹ of gamma-irradiated and stored peanuts.

Peanuts	T 2	0.0 kGy	5.2 kGy	7.2 kGy	10.0 kGy
In-shell	0	16.97 ± 0.10 A 3,4	16.83 ± 0.08 A	16.80 ± 0.08 A	16.70 ± 0.16 A
	3	14.94 ± 0.32 B	15.21 ± 0.16 B	15.24 ± 0.27 B	15.37 ± 0.39 AB
	6	13.50 ± 0.50 Ca	9.59 ± 0.08 Eb	10.29 ± 0.70 Cb	12.38 ± 1.11 Da
	9	14.17 ± 0.31 BCab	13.50 ± 0.10 Cb	13.78 ± 0.14 Aab	14.65 ± 0.60 BCa
	12	13.79 ± 0.30 Ca	13.17 ± 0.12 Db	13.55 ± 0.28 Aab	13.27 ± 0.04 CDab
Blanched	0	10.36 ± 0.11 b	10.74 ± 0.12 a	10.91 ± 0.12 a	11.02 ± 0.10 a
	3	nd 5	nd	nd	nd
	6	nd	nd	nd	nd
	9	nd	nd	nd	nd
	12	nd	nd	nd	nd

¹Data represent the means of triplicate analysis for each sample ± standard deviations;

²T is storage time in months;

³means with the same capital letters within a column are not significantly different according to Tukey’s multiple test (p < 0.05);

⁴means with the same small letter within a row are not significantly different according to Tukey’s multiple test (p < 0.05);

⁵nd means non detected.