Table 2. EC50 of Carotenoids in Figure 2 for DPPH and ABTS Radical Scavenging Assays.
| DPPH |
ABTS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | compound | EC50 (mM) | compound | EC50 (mM) |
| 1 | 2b | 0.0562 ± 0.0009 | 1d | 0.0019 ± 1.1E-5 |
| 2 | 2c | 0.1840 ± 0.0019 | 2b | 0.0030 ± 6.9E-5 |
| 3 | 2d | 0.3550 ± 0.0025 | 2c | 0.0144 ± 8.8E-5 |
| 4 | 1a | 0.3954 ± 0.0036 | 1b | 0.0552 ± 0.0014 |
| 5 | β-carotene | 0.4216 ± 0.0028 | 2d | 0.0606 ± 0.0007 |
| 6 | 1b | 0.4828 ± 0.0056 | 1a | 0.0614 ± 0.0028 |
| 7 | 1d | 0.5234 ± 0.0286 | β-carotene | 0.0614 ± 0.0002 |
| 8 | 2a | 0.5987 ± 0.0028 | 2e | 0.0616 ± 0.0021 |
| 9 | 1c | 0.9966 ± 0.0111 | 2a | 0.0752 ± 0.0032 |
| 10 | 2e | 1.6313 ± 0.0182 | 1c | 0.0849 ± 0.0010 |
| 11 | β-12′-carotenal | 4.1747 ± 0.2845 | β-12′-carotenal | 0.2017 ± 0.0101 |