Table 4.
Antioxidant activitya | Period (time in days) | ||||
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0 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | |
DPPH (EC50 µg/ml) | 3.94 ± 0.02a | 2.76 ± 0.23b | 2.62 ± 0.34b | 2.47 ± 0.3b | 2.29 ± 0.03b |
FRAP (µmol/g) | 396.50 ± 4.40b | 406.00 ± 2.60b | 427.40 ± 3.60a | 395.00 ± 6.13b | 390.20 ± 3.67b |
β‐carotene/linoleic acid (%) | 24.00 ± 0.33c | 28.07 ± 0.42b | 36.07 ± 1.42a | 26.13 ± 0.56bc | 25.10 ± 0.47c |
Different letters in the same line indicate significant differences between the values (p < 0.05).
The values (means ± SE) correspond to averages from three replicates.