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. 2015 Nov 18;20(11):20460–20472. doi: 10.3390/molecules201119709

Table 2.

Correlations between total phenolic, total flavanoid, and individual phenolic contents and antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activity.

ACW ACL HR DPPH TI
Total phenolics 0.9795 ** 0.9875 ** 0.9593 ** 0.9372 ** 0.7242
Total flavanoids 0.9775 ** 0.9845 ** 0.9608 ** 0.9302 ** 0.7124
Chlorogenic acid 0.9856 ** 0.9795 ** 0.9496 ** 0.9285 ** 0.6995
Quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside 0.4525 0.6602 0.8037 * 0.7063 0.8648 *
Kaempferol-3-O-galactoside 0.8825 ** 0.9510 ** 0.9585 ** 0.8369 * 0.6570
Quercetin-3-O-galactoside −0.1236 0.1176 0.2104 −0.0640 0.0501
Kaempferol-4-O-glucoside −0.4788 −0.5769 −0.7043 −0.7862 * −0.9560 **
Cinnamic acid 0.9333 ** 0.9802 ** 0.9851 ** 0.9136 ** 0.7379
TI 0.6282 0.7427 0.8368 * 0.9001 **
DPPH 0.9011 ** 0.9355 ** 0.9435 **
HR 0.8899 ** 0.9652 **
ACL 0.9509 **

ACW: antioxidant capacity in water-soluble substances; ACL: antioxidant capacity in lipid-soluble substances; HR: hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity. DPPH: DPPH radical scavenging capacity; TI: tyrosinase inhibitory activity. * indicated significant correlation at p < 0.05, ** indicated significant correlation at p < 0.01.