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. 2015 Aug 12;53(1):104–117. doi: 10.1007/s13197-015-1983-0

Table 2.

Assays on antioxidant activity of GSE and PSE

GSE PSE
Sample concentration (mg/L) DPPH radical scavenging activity
 100 70.29 ± 0.59 a 31.90 ± 0.36 a
 200 77.23 ± 0.84 b 38.79 ± 0.59 b
 300 85.01 ± 0.86 c 51.46 ± 0.96 c
 400 86.05 ± 0.30 cd 55.65 ± 0.49 d
 500 87.02 ± 0.44 d 61.43 ± 0.59 e
Sample concentration (mg/L) ABTS•+ radical scavenging
 50 26.99 ± 12.58 a 4.77 ± 2.92 a
 100 308.66 ± 11.81 b 21.16 ± 4.40 b
 200 600.05 ± 4.59 bc 44.49 ± 3.81 c
 300 607.55 ± 6.03 cd 61.72 ± 2.54 d
 400 617.27 ± 6.31 cd 84.22 ± 8.00 e
 500 618.94 ± 1.27 d 138.38 ± 2.92 f
 600 622.99 ± 2.40 d 149.22 ± 2.09 g
Sample concentration (μg/mL) Ferric reducing antioxidant power
 100 0.24 ± 0.005 a 0.07 ± 0.003 a
 200 0.37 ± 0.040 b 0.08 ± 0.001 a
 300 0.55 ± 0.007 c 0.10 ± 0.004 b
 400 0.72 ± 0.006 d 0.12 ± 0.001 c
 500 0.84 ± 0.022 e 0.13 ± 0.005 d
Sample concentration (mg/mL) Metal chelating activity
 0.5 15.45 ± 0.49 a 6.28 ± 0.44 a
 1.0 28.30 ± 0.70 b 14.24 ± 0.83 b
 1.5 45.24 ± 0.57 c 29.27 ± 1.02 c
 2.0 55.30 ± 0.08 d 40.22 ± 0.92 d
 2.5 63.11 ± 0.31 e 51.91 ± 1.47 e
 3.0 76.92 ± 1.56 f 62.31 ± 0.30 f
Sample concentration (mg/L) Lipid peroxidation inhibition (%)
 500 67.67 ± 0.56 a 46.43 ± 0.84 a
 750 73.22 ± 0.15 b 53.13 ± 0.45 b
 1000 81.20 ± 0.22 c 65.04 ± 0.40 c

Mean ± sd, n = 3

a-fValues in the same rows for each concentrations are followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05)