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. 2018 Sep;56(3):344–353. doi: 10.17113/ftb.56.03.18.5495

Table 5. Specific inhibitions of the radicals ABTS+ and DPPH, and the enzyme activity of peroxidase and amylase in natural extracts and synthetic mixtures of microalgae.

Parameter Spirulina sp. Synthetic Spirulina sp. Nannochloropsis sp. Synthetic Nannochloropsis sp.
Inhibition
%/(min·μg)
CV/% Inhibition
%/(min·μg)
CV/% Inhibition
%/(min·μg)
CV/% Inhibition
%/(min·μg)
CV/%
γ(phenolics)/(μg/mL) ABTS inhibition
3.0 1.15b 7.8 0.40d 9.3 1.73a 9.2 0.72c 4.4
5.0 0.96b 2.7 0.40d 7.3 1.33a 10.1 0.68c 2.8
10.0 0.93a 7.7 0.35c 5.7 0.95a 12.3 0.62b 1.0
Linear regression y=5.1269x+4.5282 y=1.8983x+1.941 y=3.6239x+21.367 y=3.4845x+2.7872
IC50/(μg/mL) 9.0 25 8.0 14
t/min DPPH inhibition
30 0.003c 20.7 0.014a 2.2 0.026b 12.0 0.028a 7.5
60 0.006b 5.3 0.015a 1.9 0.015a 3.5 0.015a 5.5
90 0.007b 3.5 0.014ab 1.1 0.011a 10.1 0.010ab 7.4
120 0.007b 1.6 0.013ab 1.0 0.010a 11.7 0.008ab 8.5
150 0.007b 0.8 0.012ab 0.8 0.009a 12.9 0.007b 12.4
180 0.007ab 1.3 0.013ab 0.0 0.008a 15.8 0.006b 14.0
t/min Peroxidase activity inhibition
10 0.49b 1.5 0.49b 2.8 0.59a 5.1 0.45b 9.7
20 0.36a 3.7 0.39a 2.4 0.39a 3.0 0.37a 1.7
30 0.27a 0.6 0.28a 0.6 0.28a 2.0 0.28a 0.3
Amylase activity inhibition
0.075a 0.7 0.012b 10.8 0.010b 4.9

For each method, average values followed by the same letters in the same row do not differ statistically according to Tukey’s test (p<0.05), CV=coefficient of variation