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. 2020 May 4;6:100091. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100091

Table 3.

Interactions means ± SE for the effects of flour type and farming system on total antioxidant activity (FRAP) in flour collected from UK and DE in 2015 and 2016 (results are expressed on a flour dry weight basis).

Parameters assessed Factor 1 Factor 2
Farming system Flour type
White Whole-grain
Antioxidant activity FRAP (µmol FeSO4 7H2O g−1 flour) Organic 2.0 ± 0.2 B a 8.7 ± 0.3 A a
Conventional 2.0 ± 0.2 B a 7.8 ± 0.3 A b
Phosphorus mg g−1 Organic 0.95 ± 0.06 B a 2.37 ± 0.12 A a
Conventional 0.83 ± 0.07 B a 1.85 ± 0.14 A b
Potassium mg g−1 Organic 1.0 ± 0.1 B a 2.3 ± 0.1 A a
Conventional 0.9 ± 0.1 B a 2.0 ± 0.1 A b
Magnesium mg g−1 Organic 0.24 ± 0.02 B a 0.76 ± 0.04 A a
Conventional 0.21 ± 0.02 B a 0.58 ± 0.04 A b
Manganese mg kg−1 Organic 7 ± 0.6 B a 22 ± 1.3 A a
Conventional 6 ± 0.6 B a 16 ± 1.2 A b
Zinc mg kg−1 Organic 9 ± 0.7 B a 22 ± 1.0 A a
Conventional 8 ± 0.6 B a 15 ± 1.1 A b
Copper mg kg−1 Organic 4.1 ± 0.3 B a 6.3 ± 0.4 A a
Conventional 3.3 ± 0.3 B a 4.4 ± 0.3 A b
Aluminium mg kg−1 Organic 4.2 ± 0.4 A a 4.9 ± 0.5 A a
Conventional 4.2 ± 0.3 A a 3.0 ± 0.3 A b

For each parameter assessed means labelled with the same capital letter within rows and lower-case letter within columns are not significant different (Turkey’s honestly significant difference test P < 0.05).