Table 1.

Total polyphenols content (as gallic acid equivalents, GAE), total reducing substances (TRS, as ascorbic acid equivalents, AAE), total flavonoids content (as quercetin equivalents, QE), total anthocyanin pigments (TAC, as cyanidin-glucoside equivalents, CGE) and radical scavenging activity by both 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) methods (as Trolox equivalents, TE) for MM extracts.

Extract	Extract (% wt)	TPC (mg GAE/ g)	TRS (mg AAE/ g)	TFC (mg QE/ g)	TAC (mg CGE/g)	IC50% (mg/ mL)	RSA DPPH (mg TE/ g)	RSA ABTS (mg TE/ g)
MM FI	9.0	162.66 ± 1.59	16.86 ± 0.51	13.24 ± 1.37	7.51 ± 0.68	1.12	242.77 ± 5.93	208.02 ± 6.47
MM FII	4.4	167.74 ± 3.26	16.97 ± 1.33	9.31 ± 0.28	7.55 ± 0.44	1.02	265.74 ± 11.90	212.34 ± 5.03
MM FIII	2.7	187.89 ± 3.64	16.84 ± 0.42	8.17 ± 0.00	8.20 ± 0.13	0.97	280.19± 15.52	254.31 ± 9.06
MM (Conv)	15.5	196.32 ± 1.85	15.59± 0.41	10.31 ± 0.86	12.85 ± 0.23	1.10	246.58 ± 6.04	334.34 ± 14.45
MM (MW)	14.9	203.98 ± 1.15	7.30 ± 0.31	13.27 ± 0.04	13.03 ± 0.70	0.94	289.96 ± 10.47	313.33 ± 8.46

All values are expressed per gram of extract unless stated otherwise.