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. 2013 Aug 21;2013:313798. doi: 10.1155/2013/313798

Table 4.

Antioxidant activity of honey samples.

Honey     aDPPH
(mg AAE/100 g honey)
bEC50     cFRAP
(mg TE/100 g honey)
dCBI (%) Kinetic equation of CBI r 2 (Kinetic equation)
Mean eSD (mg/mL) Mean eSD
Tualang 9.650 0.570 48.896 52.386 5.192 35.81 y = −8.94 × 10−5 x + 1.31 × 10−2 0.868
Gelam 50.169 5.541 15.681 82.529 5.032 67.41 y = −4.54 × 10−5 x + 1.23 × 10−2 0.858
Acacia 29.983 6.064 29.846 82.386 5.930 74.66 y = −3.53 × 10−5 x + 8.20 × 10−3 0.812

a1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl scavenging activity in milligram of ascorbic acid equivalent in a 100 g of honey.

b50% scavenging activity of ascorbic acid was 8.611 µg/mL.

cFerric reducing/antioxidant power in milligram of Trolox equivalent in a 100 g of honey.

d β-carotene bleaching inhibition of butylated hydroxytoluene was 81.54%.

eStandard deviation of triplicate assay.