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. 2011 May 25;16(6):4328–4338. doi: 10.3390/molecules16064328

Table 4.

Biomolecules (phenolics and flavonoids) with antioxidant value and antioxidant activity EC50 values.

Species Phenolics a Flavonoids b DPPH scavenging activity c Reducing power c β-carotene bleaching inhibition c
Amanita porphyria 57.76 ± 2.27 c 11.46 ± 0.48a 6.24 ± 0.13 d 1.28 ± 0.01 d 0.49 ± 0.07 f
Collybia fusipes 20.44 ± 3.23 f 4.82 ± 0.13 d 15.46 ± 0.39 b 2.22 ± 0.08 b 2.77 ± 0.00 d
Fomitopsis pinicola 387.70 ± 0.10 a 4.82 ± 0.31 d 0.13 ± 0.01 e 0.06 ± 0.01 f 0.10 ± 0.01 f
Hebeloma sinapizans 39.27 ± 1.81 d 4.82 ± 0.31 d 6.96 ± 0.32 d 1.42 ± 0.03 d 1.60 ± 0.03 e
Inocybe splendens 10.60 ± 1.17 h 1.50 ± 0.18 f 19.52 ± 0.82 a 2.43 ± 0.12 b 5.30 ± 0.05 b
Lactarius hepaticus 20.55 ± 0.81 f 7.07 ± 0.59 b 13.28 ± 0.24 b 2.16 ± 0.00 b 2.56 ± 0.39 d
Lentinus tigrinus 17.30 ± 1.17 g 3.77 ± 0.25 e 18.50 ± 0.52 a 2.23 ± 0.35 b 4.95 ± 0.42 c
Piptoporus betulinis 34.94 ± 0.01 e 6.79 ± 0.03 b 8.97 ± 0.09 dc 1.64 ± 0.01 c 1.97 ± 0.17 e
Pluteus murinus 9.62 ± 0.28 h 1.73 ± 0.11 f 20.62 ± 5.54 a 15.52 ± 0.67 a 5.93 ± 0.39 a
Russula emética 73.18 ± 0.18 b 5.82 ± 0.57 c 1.13 ±0.01 e 0.69 ± 0.00 e 0.27 ± 0.01 f

a (mg GAE/g extract); b (mg CE/g extract); c (mg/mL); nd- not detected. In each column different letters mean significant differences between species (p < 0.05). EC50 values for the standard Trolox®: DPPH scavenging activity: 0.04 mg/mL; Reducing power 0.03 mg/mL; β-carotene bleaching inhibition: 0.003 mg/mL.