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. 2021 Mar 25;26(7):1866. doi: 10.3390/molecules26071866

Table 3.

Specialized metabolites content, antioxidant capacity of spice extracts.

Sample ID VIT_C TPC TFC TNFC TCA ANT_CAP
p ≤ 0.0001 p ≤ 0.0001 p ≤ 0.0001 p ≤ 0.0001 p ≤ 0.0001 p ≤ 0.0001
Classic extraction
ASc1 8.61 ef ± 0.68 43.67 l ± 1.24 10.54 k ± 1.64 33.11 i ± 0.6 ND ND
ASc2 6.62 g ± 0.01 41.67 lm ± 1.17 6.45 l ± 0.96 35.24 h ± 0.8 ND ND
ASc3 4.42 i ± 0.33 23.52 o ± 1.91 1.84 n ± 0.56 23.19 l ± 0.42 ND ND
ZOc1 6.62 g ± 0.01 146.02 c ± 1.15 94.58 b ± 0.98 51.44 d ± 0.96 0.57 j ± 0.01 2.30 a ± 0.87
ZOc2 5.29 hi ± 0.88 166.80 b ± 0.50 110.58 a ± 1.07 56.16 c ± 0.51 0.71 i ± 0.01 2.27 a ± 0.52
ZOc3 5.96 gh ± 0.01 125.86 e ± 0.60 63.84 ef ± 1.01 62.02 b ± 0.65 0.91 h ± 0.1 2.28 a ± 0.14
CLc1 10.81 d ± 0.77 67.57 j ± 0.50 48.81 i ± 1.11 23.76 l ± 0.61 1.1 g ± 0.3 2.17 cd ± 0.04
CLc2 12.35 c ± 0.38 77.86 i ± 0.64 49.54 h ± 0.43 28.32 k ± 0.83 1.73 d ± 0.1 2.30 a ± 0.27
CLc3 8.84 ef ± 0.33 57.24 k ± 0.40 32.88 j ± 0.15 24.37 l ± 0.28 4.17 c ± 0.1 2.29 a ± 0.67
Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction
ASu1 8.26 ef ± 0.33 39.12 m ± 0.74 5.32 lm ± 0.68 33.61 hi ± 0.48 ND ND
ASu2 8.07 f ± 0.01 34.48 n ± 0.80 3.41 mn ± 1.04 30.95 j ± 0.62 ND ND
ASu3 5.76 gh ± 0.01 23.65 o ± 0.99 4.87 lm ± 1.06 18.79 m ± 0.16 ND ND
ZOu1 6.53 g ± 0.33 115.51 f ± 0.45 66.57 de ± 0.46 48.94 e ± 0.56 1.15 f ± 0.01 2.10 d ± 0.69
ZOu2 8.84 ef ± 0.33 138.93 d ± 1.96 75.82 c ± 1.99 63.10 b ± 0.11 1.23 e ± 0.02 1.98 e ± 0.12
ZOu3 9.03 e ± 0.67 177.32 a ± 0.67 92.53 b ± 0.61 84.88 a ± 1.14 1.15 f ± 0.06 2.18 bc ± 0.27
CLu1 14.41 b ± 0.33 97.93 h ±1.15 55.26 g ± 1.64 42.66 g ± 0.77 11.53 b ± 0.1 2.25 ab ± 0.87
CLu2 17.10 a ± 0.33 108.79 g ± 0.43 62.07 f ± 0.47 46,73 f ± 0,79 13.45 a ± 0.1 2.09 d ± 0.42
CLu3 14.79 b ± 0.58 128.67 e ± 1.11 67.17 d ± 0.22 63.50 b ± 2.32 13.45 a ± 0.1 2.18 bc ± 0.03

VIT_C, vitamin C content (mg/100 g); TPC, total phenol content (mgGAE/100 g); TFC, total flavonoid content (mgCAT/100 g); TNFC, total non-flavonoid content (mgGAE/100 g); TCA, total carotenoid content (µg/g); ANT_CAP, antioxidant capacity (mmol TE/L); ND, not determined. Different letters (a–o) indicate significant differences between means at p ≤ 0.0001.