Table 2.
Total antioxidant capacities of selected honey samples.
| Nr. | Honey Types | TRC (mg·GAE·kg−1) |
DPPH (IC50mg·mL−1) |
ORAC (µmol·TE·g−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acacia | 60.08 ± 6.24 a | 61.76 ± 2.85 a | 19.81 ± 1.72 a |
| 2 | Amorpha | 80.81 ± 15.81 b | 55.48 ± 1.86 a | 14.78 ± 1.16 b |
| 3 | Phacelia | 91.67 ± 19.03 b | 55.78 ± 1.95 a | 13.79 ± 0.58 b |
| 4 | Linden | 119.14 ± 13.80c | 35.86 ± 0.62 b | 71.68 ± 5.43 c |
| 5 | Sunflower | 230.25 ± 8.35 d | 26.62 ± 0.49 c | 34.32 ± 3.57 d |
| 6 | Chestnut | 232.82 ± 24.97 d | 17.37 ± 0.57 d | 75.20 ± 4.71 c |
| 7 | Fennel | 468.00 ± 73.16 e | 12.28 ± 0.25 e | 61.33 ± 5.83 e |
| 8 | Meadow sage | 1116.15 ± 83.84 f | 5.47 ± 0.02 f | 114.89 ± 10.43 f |
| Total | ||||
| Light-colored honeys (nr. 1–4) | 87.92 ± 25.67 a | 52.22 ± 10.35 a | 30.84 ± 25.01 a | |
| Dark-colored honeys (nr. 5–8) | 511.81 ± 371.2 b | 15.43 ± 8.07 b | 71.54 ± 29.77 b | |
TRC—total reducing capacity; DPPH—antiradical power; ORAC—oxygen radical absorbance capacity; Data are means ± standard deviations of three independent determinations (n = 3). Means in the same column with different superscripted letters are significantly different according to Student’s t-test (p < 0.01).