Table 2.
Pearson correlation analysis between some components in tea extracts and their bioactivity
Total phenols | Catechins | EGCG | Protein | Free amino acids | Total soluble sugar | Caffeine | DPPH | ABTS | FRAP | α‐Amylase inhibition | α‐Glucosidase inhibition | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total phenols | 1 | 0.908a | 0.979b | 0.921b | 0.338 | −0.823a | 0.197 | 0.986b | 0.952b | 0.967b | 0.875a | 0.947b |
Catechins | 1 | 0.949b | 0.987b | −.055 | −0.936b | 0.438 | 0.925b | 0.983b | 0.840a | 0.647 | 0.974b | |
EGCG | 1 | 0.936 | 0.211 | −0.871a | 0.249 | 0.986b | 0.969b | 0.933b | 0.842a | 0.988b | ||
Aqueous protein | 1 | 0.035 | −0.916a | 0.419 | 0.936b | 0.992b | 0.861a | 0.649 | 0.947b | |||
Free amino acids | 1 | 0.116 | −0.525 | 0.314 | 0.117 | 0.417 | 0.607 | 0.067 | ||||
Total soluble sugar | 1 | −.195 | −0.867a | −0.913a | −0.831a | −0.638 | −0.886a | |||||
Caffeine | 1 | 0.156 | 0.346 | −0.026 | −0258 | 0.365 | ||||||
DPPH | 1 | 0.967b | 0.966b | 0.872a | 0.955b | |||||||
ABTS | 1 | 0.900a | 0.728 | 0.968b | ||||||||
FRAP | 1 | 0.927b | 0.877a | |||||||||
α‐Amylase Inhibition | 1 | 0.759 | ||||||||||
α‐Glucosidase Inhibition | 1 |
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.