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. 2018 Nov 8;56(1):217–223. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3477-3

Table 2.

Antioxidant capacity of citrus varieties

Sr. no. Samples Antioxidants
ABTS (mM L−1 Trolox) DPPH (mM L−1 Trolox) FRAP (mM L−1 Trolox) TPC (mg GAE L−1)
A Mandarin
1 Kinnow Mandarin 2.54g ± 0.33 3.35j ± 0.28 1.80abc ± 0.10 10.61cde ± 0.19
2 Nagpur Mandarin 2.95defg ± 0.08 3.93ij ± 0.34 1.33efg ± 0.07 8.30kl ± 0.34
3 Darjeeling Mandarin 2.69fg ± 0.18 7.26bc ± 0.20 1.95a ± 0.03 11.98b ± 0.11
4 Coorg Mandarin 3.26cdefg ± 0.20 6.16ef ± 0.27 1.54cde ± 0.08 9.64efgh ± 0.25
5 Jhalawar Mandarin 2.84efg ± 0.15 5.23fgh ± 0.44 1.24fg ± 0.09 9.08hijk ± 0.12
6 Khasi Mandarin 3.43bcde ± 0.35 5.53efg ± 0.30 1.64bcd ± 0.01 8.63ijkl ± 0.24
B Lime/lemons
7 Sai Sarbati 3.61bcd ± 0.10 6.28de ± 0.42 1.19fg ± 0.05 9.29ghij ± 0.16
8 Pramalini 2.97cdefg ± 0.06 5.60efg ± 0.39 1.41def ± 0.03 9.43ghi ± 0.16
9 Vikram 3.29cdef ± 0.22 5.74efg ± 0.14 1.29efg ± 0.07 9.57fghi ± 0.45
10 Balaji 4.53a ± 0.06 7.14bcd ± 0.17 1.36ef ± 0.05 8.44jkl ± 0.20
11 Acid lime 3.14cdefg ± 0.15 5.04gh ± 0.15 1.08g ± 0.07 10.21defg ± 0.22
C Sweet orange
12 Mosambi 3.11cdefg ± 0.11 7.61b ± 0.16 1.92a ± 0.01 10.54cdef ± 0.39
D Underutilized citrus fruits
13 Kachai lemon 4.14ab ± 0.39 9.38a ± 0.31 1.85ab ± 0.11 13.57a ± 0.31
14 Citron 3.70bc ± 0.26 4.44hi ± 0.17 1.18fg ± 0.10 7.84l ± 0.36
15 Pomelo 4.49a ± 0.09 7.92b ± 0.04 1.92a ± 0.03 10.74cd ± 0.32
16 Grapefruit 4.64a ± 0.14 6.33cde ± 0.23 1.71abc ± 0.15 11.36bc ± 0.28
Tukey HSD at 1% 0.7321 0.9679 0.2627 0.972

Data presented are in mean ± standard deviation (n = 3)

Statistical note: means (n = 3) within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.01 according to the Tukey HSD multiple range test

*Means with superscripts having the same letter are not significantly different