Table 2.

Bioactive components and antioxidant activity of shade, oven and freeze dried wheatgrass (per 100 g)

Parameter	Method of drying			LSD at 5%
	Shade	Oven	Freeze
Chlorophyll, g	2.35 ± 22.49	2.14 ± 95.72	3.61 ± 97.39	0.61
Tannins, mg	6.68 ± 0.36	8.18 ± 0.30	6.34 ± 0.10	0.94
Phytic acid, mg	3.76 ± 0.17	3.03 ± 0.17	3.76 ± 0.16	0.56
Saponins, %	1.04 ± 0.12	1.12 ± 0.21	1.20 ± 0.18	NS
Flavonoids, QE/g	333.78 ± 50.72	266.86 ± 53.80	363.53 ± 58.91	NS
Antioxidant activity, %	50.13 ± 1.89	48.94 ± 1.13	53.78 ± 1.79	NS

Values are mean ± SD

NS non-significant