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. 2018 Dec;56(4):533–545. doi: 10.17113/ftb.56.04.18.5666

Table 6. Results of antiradical activity (DPPH˙ assay), time of the first phase of antiradical activity reaction, percentages of DPPH˙ depleted in the first phase and at the end of reaction, and kinetic parameters of DPPH˙ disappearance estimated by the first-order double exponential model for the fir (Abies alba Mill.) honeydew honey samples.

Honey sample (n(TEAC)/m(honey))/(mmol/kg) t1/min DPPHa/% DPPHb/% First-order double exponential model
k1/min-1 k2/min-1 R2 SRMSE χ2 error
1 0.63±0.01 1.5 8.65 29.83 0.5808 0.0292 0.9999 0.0025 0.22
2 0.80±0.02 2.0 17.66 38.22 1.2523 0.0311 0.9999 0.0038 0.35
3 1.01±0.01 2.5 28.49 47.74 1.3094 0.0286 0.9999 0.0041 0.37
4 0.52±0.01 1.5 8.50 26.14 0.7399 0.0280 0.9999 0.0024 0.22

t1=time of the first phase of DPPH˙ disappearance, k1 and k2=kinetic rate constants in first-order double exponential model, R2=determination coefficient, SRMSE=scaled root mean squared error, χ2 error=error of chi-square test, apercentage of DPPH˙ depleted in the first phase of reaction, bpercentage of DPPH˙ depleted at the end of the reaction