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. 2020 Nov 21;9(11):1619. doi: 10.3390/plants9111619

Table 1.

Total polyphenolic and flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of red and green Brazilian propolis.

Propolis Type Samples Data Analytical Method/Unit Values Reference
Green Propolis Ethanolic extracts Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g 160.98–181.71 [9]
Total flavonoids/mgQE/g 25.52–46.80
RSA (DPPH method)/IC50 31.80–101.45
ABST (Trolox method)/% 77.90–86.40
Ethanol, hexane, and dichloromethane extracts RSA (DPPH method)/IC50/μg/mL
Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g
21.50–78.77
38.85–204.30
[62]
Hydro-alcoholic extract Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mg g−1
Total flavonoids (AlCl3method)/
mg g−1
RSA (DPPH test)/EC50 (μg mL−1)
93.7–149.3
6.0–21.0
17.3–83.60
[63]
Red propolis Ethanolic extracts Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g
Total flavonoids (AlCl3 method)/
mg QE/g
RSA (DPPH method)/IC50
ABST (Trolox method)/%
198.77–300.36
57.60–58.19
44.29–89.32
98.20–98.50
[9]
Ethanolic extracts Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g
RSA (DPPH method)/IC50
151.55
270.13
[64]
Ethanolic extracts Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g
Total flavonoids (AlCl3 method)/
mg QE/g
RSA (DPPH method)/IC50
232.00
43.00
57.00
[65]
Ethanolic extracts RSA (DPPH method)/%
Total polyphenols (Folin-Ciocalteu method)/mgGAE/g
0.7–49.00
157.16–300.36
[54]