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. 2020 Sep 25;7:572906. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.572906

Table 4.

Bioactive compounds and in vitro bioactivity profile of hemp by-products (Means ± SD).

Hemp by-product
Seed Oil Cake Inflorescence
Phenolics (mg/kg DM)
Condensed tannins 1.10 ± 0.04 1.64 ± 1.87
Catechin 498 ± 35.9 0.05 ± 0.03 51.1 ± 48.4
N-trans-caffeoyltyramine 490 ± 484 152 ± 11.2 38.2 ± 53.8
p-hydroxybenzoic acid 21.0 ± 12.7 78.6 ± 8.00 0.002 ± 0.001
Cannabisin A 1,051 ± 764 1.44 ± 2.02
Cannabisin B 64.9 ± 1.94 0.45 ± 0.07
Cannabisin C 0.19 ± 0.27
ferulic acid 47.4 ± 5.37 19.3 ± 23.1
Protocatechuic acid 10.0 ± 8.49 28.2 ± 2.47
TPC (mg GAE/g) 26.2 ± 36.0 1.23 ± 0.69 1.35 ± 1.87 31.5 ± 29.7
Tocopherols (mg/100g)
γ-tocopherol 1,239 ± 1,076 516 ± 400 358 ± 28.9
α-tocopherol 44.1 ± 3.54 16.1 ± 5.33 29.7 ± 2.76
δ-tocopherol 281 ± 427 12.0 ± 4.00 11.3 ± 13.6
Fatty acid (% Total FA)
Palmitic acid 6.19 ± 2.12 6.44 ± 1.99 7.54 ± 1.02
Stearic acid 2.61 ± 0.89 2.75 ± 0.84 3.21 ± 0.55
Oleic acid 11.6 ± 4.49 12.2 ± 4.49 12.7 ± 0.39
Linoleic acid 48.8 ± 17.6 50.2 ± 17.0 54.6 ± 1.56
γ-linolenic 2.61 ± 1.14 2.60 ± 1.16 2.97 ± 0.19
α-linolenic 14.9 ± 6.35 15.2 ± 6.47 17.2 ± 2.33
Total polyunsaturated fatty acid 66.7 ± 24.5 68.3 ± 22.7 75.4 ± 6.61
Antioxidant capacity
DPPH (% inhibition) 45.8 ± 8.13 46.8 ± 0.00 31.1 ± 32.4 52.6 ± 35.4
ORAC (μmol TE/g) 127 ± 5.0 28.2 ± 6.19

TPC, total phenolic content; DPPH, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl; ORAC, oxygen radical absorbance capacity; GAE, gallic acid equivalent; TE, trolox equivalent.

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