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. 2018 Jul 7;19(7):1986. doi: 10.3390/ijms19071986

Table 2.

Assessment of total polyphenol, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of Geotrichum and Penicillium extracts. Data presents mean ± standard error. Different letters inside of parenthesis indicate the significant difference among the treatments at p < 0.05 using the Tukey’s HSD test.

Geotrichum candidum
Extracts Total Polyphenols (mg GAE/g) Total Flavonoids (mg QE/g) IC50 (µg/mL)
DPPH β-carotene RP ABTS
EtOH 28.93 ± 0.89 (ab) 14.41 ± 0.16 (c) 222.16 ± 3.08 (d) 219.14 ± 1.02 (d) 211.48 ± 0.37 (c) 191.36 ± 0.41 (e)
EtOAc 33.39 ± 0.49 (b) 11.25 ± 1.03 (ab) 177.55 ± 0.96 (b) 162.86 ± 0.34 (b) 190.3 ± 3.36 (b) 151.31 ± 4.2 (c)
Hexane 27.51 ± 2.78 (a) 10.03 ± 0.27 (a) 223.14 ± 2.71 (d) 220.27 ± 2.07 (d) 218.71 ± 3.24 (d) 205.98 ± 8.35 (f)
MetOH 31.77 ± 2.23 (ab) 12.46 ± 0.6 (b) 207.44 ± 1.48 (c) 171.75 ± 1.08 (c) 205.93 ± 0.41 (c) 177.9 ± 1.71 (d)
BHT 1 - - 34.33 ± 0.03 (a) 50.11 ± 0.18 (a) - -
Trolox 2 - - - - - 132.98 ± 0.95 (b)
Ascorbic Acid - - - - 182.08 ± 1.12 (a) 116.75 ± 0.32 (a)
Penicillium citrinum
Extracts Total Polyphenols (mg GAE/g) Total Flavonoids (mg QE/g) IC50 (µg/mL)
DPPH β-carotene RP ABTS
EtOH 18.87 ± 0.36 (a) 5.11 ± 0.19 (d) 268.4 ± 4.46 (d) 252.84 ± 1.66 (c) 272.49 ± 4.44 (c) 266.4 ± 6.41 (e)
EtOAc 21.24 ± 1.4 (ab) 2.29 ± 0.06 (b) 246.36 ± 0.45 (c) 239.42 ± 1.71 (b) 264.76 ± 4.43 (c) 227.03 ± 1.37 (d)
Hexane 16.69 ± 1.51 (a) 1.41 ± 0.33 (a) 370.8 ± 3.39 (e) 264.55 ± 2.59 (d) 301.78 ± 5.81 (d) 277.02 ± 6.58 (f)
MetOH 24.12 ± 3.36 (b) 4.07 ± 0.08 (c) 227.87 ± 0.49 (b) 235.28 ± 1.15 (b) 233.89 ± 3.32 (b) 215.04 ± 1.31 (c)
BHT 1 - - 34.33 ± 0.03 (a) 50.11 ± 0.18 (a) - -
Trolox 2 - - - - - 132.98 ± 0.95 (b)
Ascorbic Acid - - - - 182.08 ± 1.12 (a) 116.75 ± 0.32 (a)
Positive control

(mg GAE/g): mg of gallic acid equivalent per g of fungal extract; (mg QE/g): mg of quercitin acid equivalent per g of fungal extract; IC50 (µg/mL) values corresponding to the amount of the extract providing 50% of inhibition percentage. 1: 1,2,3-benzothiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester; 2: 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid.