. 2011 Apr 12;50(3):535–541. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0370-8

Table 1.

Percent yield, FRAP, total antioxidant, total phenols, flavonoids, tannin and flavonols values of different extracts of pod and seed of Clitoria fairchildiana

	Seed extracts			Pod extracts
	Aqueous	Ethanol	Methanol	Aqueous	Ethanol	Methanol
% yield	3.4 ± 0.01^a	4.5 ± 0.02^b	4.5 ± 0.01 ^b	3.7 ± 0.01 ^b	3.2 ± 0.03 ^a	3.9 ± 0.03 ^b
Total phenolics¹	40.5 ± 1.0^e	28.4 ± 0.2^f	58.9 ± 0.3^d	66.8 ± 1.0^c	96.6 ± 0.1^b	141.7 ± 0.4^a
Antioxidant capacity²	64.1 ± 2.0^f	125.6 ± 1.4^e	146.2 ± 2.0^d	152.8 ± 2.2^c	227.8 ± 1.4^b	352.0 ± 2.0^a
FRAP values³	0.31±.01^e	0.28 ± 0.01^f	0.65 ± 0.0^d	1.0 ± 0.01^c	1.4 ± 0.0^b	1.4 ± 0.0^a
Total flavonoids⁴	27.7 ± 1.2^f	92.7 ± 3.0^b	86.3 ± 2.1^c	41.3 ± 1.0^e	74.3 ± 1.2^d	126.0 ± 2.0^a
Total flavonols⁵	0.38 ± 0.1^e	9.46 ± 0.2^b	5.9 ± 0.3^c	1.2 ± 0.1^d	6.5 ± 0.3^c	17.1 ± 0.4^a
Total tannins⁶	40.7 ± 2.0^e	55.7 ± 3.0^d	62.7 ± 1.2^c	62.7 ± 1.0^c	94.7 ± 1.0^b	193.3 ± 3.0^a

¹ mg Gallic acid equivalent/gm extract; ² mg Ascorbic acid equivalent /gm of the extract;

³ mM Fe²⁺/gm extract; ⁴ mg Catechin equivalent/gm extract; ⁵ mg Quercetin equivalent/gm extract; ⁶mg Catechin equivalent/gm extract.

FRAP: Ferric reducing antioxidant potential

Mean values with different alphabets in the row were significantly different (p < 0.05) from each other. Values were the means of three replicates ± standard deviation (SD).