Table 2.
60 °C | 70 °C | 80 °C | ||||
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Non-chlorinated | Chlorinated | Non-chlorinated | Chlorinated | Non-chlorinated | Chlorinated | |
Reducing capacity (mg EAG/g MS) | 24.66 ± 0.11a | 24.98 ± 0.76a | 25.05 ± 0.64a | 24.74 ± 0.11a | 24.71 ± 0.57a | 24.44 ± 0.72a |
DPPH (% inhibition) | 65.08 ± 0.09b | 65.89 ± 0.67b | 71.34 ± 0.94a | 70.20 ± 0.19a | 61.14 ± 0.56c | 58.11 ± 0.13d |
Total betalain content (mg/g DM) | 75.05 ± 0.18b | 75.85 ± 0.73b | 81.31 ± 0.69a | 80.16 ± 0.21a | 71.17 ± 0.52c | 68.08 ± 0.20d |
The results are the mean of three determinations ± standard deviation. Different letters on the same row are significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05)