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. 2014 Dec;52(4):430–438. doi: 10.17113/ftb.52.04.14.3587

Table 4. Biological activities of bread with the addition of pumpkin pulp.

Antioxidant
assay
w(pulp)
%
EC50/(mg/mL) BAC
BE DE
ABTS 0 (87.0±0.8)a (14.2±1.1)a 6.13
5 (75.7±2.9)b (13.3±2.1)a 5.68
10 (67.6±2.8)c (11.9±0.2)b 5.66
15 (68.3±0.5)c (12.8±0.2)b 5.43
20 (69.4±3.1)c (15.1±1.1)a 4.54
CHEL 0 (38.7±9.9)a (37.7±6.4)a 1.03
5 (59.7±4.3)b (29.1±3.8)b 2.06
10 (78.7±6.8)c (39.1±0.4)c 2.02
15 (50.6±7.0)d (49.4±6.9)d 1.03
20 (61.6±3.5)b (55.1±8.3)e 1.12
RED 0 (168.50±39.06)a (77.1±6.1)a 2.19
5 (151.5±12.6)b (55.0±5.0)b 2.75
10 (82.7±10.8)c (40.6±1.9)c 2.04
15 (116.9±19.2)d (100.2±15.6)d 1.17
20 (160.0±16.8)e (64.1±3.3)e 2.50
OH 0 (1.31±0.06)a (1.38±0.03)a 0.95
5 (1.22±0.02)b (1.5±0.3)b 0.79
10 (1.20±0.07)b (1.44±0.06)b 0.83
15 (1.25±0.05)b (1.67±0.05)c 0.75
20 (1.20±0.02)b (1.5±0.2)a 0.81
ACEI 0 (4761.9±20.9)a (225.4±13.2)a 21.13
5 (3225.8±19.6)b (133.1±8.1)b 24.24
10 (1923.1±11.5)c (92.2±5.1)c 20.85
15 (793.6±9.2)d (54.7±6.2)d 14.51
20 (201.2±7.2)e (20.9±6.7)e 9.62

Mean values with different superscript letter within the same column are significantly different (p<0.05)
BE=buffer extracts, DE=extracts after digestion in vitro, ABTS= ability to quench ABTS radicals, CHEL=chelating power, RED= reducing power, OH=ability to quench OH radicals, ACEI=ability to inhibit ACE, BAC=antioxidant bioaccessibility index