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. 2018 Mar 19;55(6):2095–2102. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3124-z

Table 2.

Antioxidant activity in papaya pulp and dried powders

Samples DPPH (mg TE/g) DPPH (mg AAE/g) ABTS (mg TE/g) ABTS (mg AAE/g) FRAP (mg TE/g) FRAP (mg AAE/g)
Fresh pulp 0.56 ± 0.05a 0.45 ± 0.01a 0.48 ± 0.02b 0.31 ± 0.01b 0.37 ± 0.03a 0.21 ± 0.01a
Freeze drying 0.61 ± 0.03a 0.49 ± 0.02a 0.58 ± 0.01a 0.37 ± 0.00a 0.42 ± 0.00a 0.23 ± 0.00a
Spray drying 0.51 ± 0.01b 0.42 ± 0.03b 0.45 ± 0.00b 0.28 ± 0.01b 0.35 ± 0.01a 0.20 ± 0.02a

Mean ± standard deviation (n = 3)

AAE ascorbic acid equivalent, TE trolox equivalent

Values with different lower-case superscript letters (a–b) in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05)