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. 2019 Jan 25;56(2):1037–1045. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-03570-7

Table 2.

Overall acceptability, TSS, TPC, acidity, pH and DPPH scavenging activity of BgK blends

BG (% v/v) KD (% v/v) OA TPC (µg GAE/mL) DPPH inhibition1 TSS (°Brix) pH Acidity (%)
20 15 6.15 ± 0.30a,b,c 142.93 ± 0.26b 554.09 ± 45.10b 8.00 ± 0.02a 4.14 ± 0.05c,d 0.15 ± 0.01a
22.5 6.65 ± 0.40a,b,c 137.26 ± 0.47a 318.50 ± 33.42a 8.90 ± 0.06b 4.01 ± 0.01b 0.15 ± 0.01a
30 7.30 ± 0.30c 185.38 ± 0.21f 448.48 ± 86.50a,b 9.20 ± 0.02c 3.93 ± 0.02a 0.30 ± 0.0b
27.5 15 5.85 ± 0.20a,b,c 158.96 ± 1.41c 854.67 ± 24.81c,d 8.00 ± 0.05a 4.20 ± 0.0d 0.30 ± 0.02b
22.5 6.30 ± 0.30a,b,c 169.34 ± 1.29d 915.60 ± 35.01c,d 9.20 ± 0.08c 4.01 ± 0.01b 0.45 ± 0.03c
30 7.00 ± 0.20b,c 198.59 ± 0.77h 929.30 ± 71.16c,d 10.00 ± 0.04e 3.94 ± 0.03a,b 0.60 ± 0.02d
35 15 6.00 ± 0.30a,b,c 181.60 ± 0.98e 838.43 ± 15.27c 9.50 ± 0.03d 4.22 ± 0.04d 0.45 ± 0.01c
22.5 6.25 ± 0.20a,b,c 201.42 ± 0.15i 964.35 ± 43.17c,d 9.00 ± 0.06b 4.10 ± 0.04c 0.45 ± 0.03c
30 6.65 ± 0.40a,b,c 188.68 ± 0.90g 949.31 ± 36.87c,d 9.90 ± 0.08e 4.01 ± 0.03b 0.60 ± 0.02d
100 0 4.50 ± 0.20d 218.85 ± 0.28j 981.41 ± 29.36d 3.00 ± 0.02f 5.31 ± 0.03e 0.04 ± 0.01e

1µg AAE/mL. BG Bottle gourd, KD Karwanda, OA Overall acceptability

Means followed by same letter within same column are not significantly different (n = 3, p < 0.05)