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. 2018 Jun 1;55(7):2631–2640. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3184-0

Table 2.

Correlation coefficients between main nutrients and antioxidant capacity

Correlation coefficient Reducing sugar Total acidity Flavonoids Phenolics Protein Vc
DPPH radical-scavenging capacity − 0.852 ± 0.052 0.870 ± 0.041 0.940 ± 0.053 0.765 ± 0.039 0.177 ± 0.014 0.952 ± 0.038*
ABTS+ scavenging capacity − 0.988 ± 0.034* 0.483 ± 0.013 0.806 ± 0.084 0.920 ± 0.027 − 0.383 ± 0.031 0.919 ± 0.06
Reducing power − 0.924 ± 0.021 0.577 ± 0.024 0.890 ± 0.017 0.987 ± 0.052* − 0.251 ± 0.009 0.956 ± 0.054*

*Represented significant correlation (|r| > 0.95)