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. 2015 Aug 3;4(3):533–547. doi: 10.3390/antiox4030533

Table 4.

Antioxidant activities, polyphenolic and flavonoid content of red onion extracts measured through different methods.

Method Ethanol 85% Ethanol 100%
Total Phenols (mg GAE/100 g of sample) 232.2 ± 2.5 a 287.6 ± 5.0 b
ABTS (mg Trolox/100 g of sample) 109.1 ± 2.4 a 118.3 ± 0.2 b
FRAP (mg Trolox/100 g of sample) 57.6 ± 0.9 a 59.1 ± 1.0 a
Flavonoid (mg quercetin/100 g of sample) 187.8 ± 2.1 a 178.7 ± 5.3 a

Lower case letters a,b indicate significant differences in method results among the extracts.