. 2018 Aug 21;23(9):2091. doi: 10.3390/molecules23092091

Table 4.

Effect of malting period on antioxidant activity of finger millet and sorghum extracts obtained using 1% HCl-methanol.

DPPH Radical Scavenging Activity (%)
Grain Samples	0 h	24 h	48 h	72 h	96 h
Dark brown finger millet	51.00 ± 3.34 ^a,x	70.16 ± 2.03 ^b,z	61.76 ± 3.48 ^a,c,x	46.79 ± 9.71 ^c,x	69.16 ± 5.98 ^a,c,x,z
Brown finger millet	56.60 ± 1.69 ^a,x	51.29 ± 1.97 ^a,y	48.05 ± 7.64 ^a,x	60.82 ± 7.64 ^a,x	48.49 ± 1.46 ^a,x,y
Sorghum	64.85 ± 8.31 ^a,x	61.15 ± 2.39 ^a,x	54.73 ± 1.53 ^a,x	65.89 ± 5.13 ^a,x	62.67 ± 6.51 ^a,x
ABTS (µM TE/g)
Dark brown finger millet	10.32 ± 0.07 ^a,y	9.92 ± 0.05 ^b,x	9.93 ± 0.04 ^b,y	9.78 ± 0.21 ^b,y	9.84 ± 0.08 ^b,y
Brown finger millet	9.76 ± 0.10 ^a,x	9.76 ± 0.15 ^a,x	10.57 ± 0.02 ^b,x	10.63 ± 0.11 ^b,x	10.30 ± 0.05 ^b,x
Sorghum	9.93 ± 0.11^a,b,x	9.79 ± 0.15 ^b,x	10.23 ± 0.03 ^a,x	10.02 ± 0.19 ^ab,x	10.26 ± 0.03 ^a,x
Iron Reducing Activity
Dark brown finger millet	0.89 ± 0.01 ^a,y	0.85 ± 0.01 ^b,y	0.79 ± 0.01 ^c,z	0.96 ± 0.01 ^d,y	0.98 ± 0.01 ^d,x
Brown finger millet	0.99 ± 0.01 ^a,x	0.92 ± 0.01 ^b,y	0.94 ± 0.03 ^a,b,y	0.95 ± 0.02 ^a,b,y	0.99 ± 0.03 ^a,x
Sorghum	1.04 ± 0.02 ^a,x	1.02 ± 0.03 ^a,x	1.01 ± 0.02 ^a,x	1.02 ± 0.01 ^a,x	1.01 ± 0.01 ^a,x

^a,b,c Mean within each row for each group not followed by the same superscript is significantly different (p < 0.05). ^x,y,z Mean within each column for each group not followed by the same superscript is significantly different (p < 0.05).