Table 3.
Mean values of antioxidant activity in untreated and treated peach-based beverage at different storage days
| Parameters | Storage (days) | Processing method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | CP | MW1.5 | US90 | ||
| %DPPH | 0 | 49.32 ± 0.008abc** | 48.32 ± 0.02abc** | 49.29 ± 0.02a*** | 51.87 ± 0.01a*** | 
| 10 | 47.26 ± 0.02a** | 46.01 ± 0.04a** | 46.81 ± 0.09a*** | 48.74 ± 0.01a*** | |
| 20 | 48.42 ± 0.03a** | 46.30 ± 0.01a** | 47.90 ± 0.08a*** | 52.80 ± 0.08a*** | |
| 30 | 42.43 ± 0.06a** | 47.12 ± 0.01a** | 44.93 ± 0.09abc*** | 55.55 ± 0.07abc*** | |
| FRAP | 0 | 468.33 ± 0.007abc*** | 429.23 ± 0.0002abc*** | 494.23 ± 0.01ab*** | 506.13 ± 0.0009ab*** | 
| 10 | 448.63 ± 0.0002a*** | 407.33 ± 0.006ab*** | 475.03 ± 0.004ab*** | 496.73 ± 0.001ab*** | |
| 20 | 425.23 ± 0.007ab*** | 329.33 ± 0.007a*** | 470.43 ± 0.006a*** | 478.03 ± 0.01a*** | |
| 30 | 398.13 ± 0.007ab*** | 363.63 ± 0.009ab*** | 467.93 ± 0.01abc*** | 462.53 ± 0.008abc*** | |
| ABTS | 0 | 1403.25 ± 0.007ab*** | 1257.87 ± 0.008ab*** | 1466.5 ± 0.006ab*** | 1507.375 ± 0.0001ab*** | 
| 10 | 1333.625 ± 0.007ab*** | 1301.5 ± 0.006ab*** | 1368.625 ± 0.006ab*** | 1532 ± 0.0003ab*** | |
| 20 | 1296.25 ± 0.0002ab*** | 1241.625 ± 0.007ab*** | 1324.625 ± 0.021ab*** | 1546.25 ± 0.014ab*** | |
| 30 | 1264.875 ± 0.007ab*** | 1170.875 ± 0.0002ab*** | 1314 ± 0.007ab*** | 1553.625 ± 0.0004ab*** | |
C control, CP conventional pasteurization, MW1.5 microwave processed samples, US90 ultrasound processed samples, ns non-significant, DPPH; FRAP; ABTS antioxidant assays
No. of * in column are significantly different days (p ≤ 0.05). Values with different letters in rows are significantly different processing technique (p ≤ 0.05)