Table 1.
Ethanol (Et), water (W) and ethanol:H2O (Et:W; 3:1; 1:1) extraction yield, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of fresh, oven (ovSm), and freeze-dried (fzSm) Sm solvent extracts (E). TPC, total phenolic content; GAE, gallic acid equivalents; TEAC, trolox equivalent antioxidant activity; SD, standard deviation.
| Fresh Sm | ovSm | fzSm | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soxhlet | Shaker | Soxhlet | Shaker | Shaker | ||||
| Et | Et | W | Et | Et:W (3:1) | Et:W (1:1) | |||
| Extraction yield (mg extract g−1 Sm d.b.) | 359 | 10 | 59 | 263 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| SD | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| TPC (mg GAE g−1 extract) | 27 | 12 | 6 | 80 | 72 | 79 | 73 | 64 |
| SD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| TEAC (mg trolox g−1 extract) | - | 46 | 3 | - | 309 | 72 | 88 | 99 |
| SD | - | 3 | 0 | - | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 |