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Table 3.

Antioxidant results of Myrcia spp. extracts measured by DPPH. Phenol and flavonoid content assay.

Reagent/Extract	Phenol Content ^a	Flavonoid Content ^a	DPPH (µg/mL)
Reagent/Extract	mgGAc/g_extract	mgQ/g_extract	EC₅₀
Gallic Acid			2.03 ± 0.02 ^a
Quercetin			2.96 ± 0.17 ^a
M. bella	215.39 ± 0.01 ^a	20.24 ± 0.48 ^a	13.8 ± 0.53 ^b
M. fallax	218.19 ± 0.81 ^a	25.92 ± 0.50 ^b	8.61 ± 0.22 ^c
M. guianensis	71.54 ± 0.01 ^b	19.17 ± 0.30 ^a	16.2 ± 0.80 ^d

^a Results expressed as mean ± S.E.M.; EC₅₀: amount of antioxidant necessary to decrease the initial DPPH concentration by 50%; GAc: Gallic acid; Q: Quercetin.