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. 2021 Oct 9;52(4):2307–2317. doi: 10.1007/s42770-021-00628-7

Table 2.

Antioxidant activity (ABTS and PCM), total phenolic, anthocyanin, yellow flavonoid, carotenoid, and ascorbic acid contents of unfermented and fermented passion fruit juices

Treatment Antioxidant activity Total phenolic (µg of GAE/mL) Anthocyanin (µg/mL) Yellow flavonoid (µg/mL) Carotenoid (µg/mL) Ascorbic acid (µg/mL)
ABTS (µmol of TE/mL) PCM (mg of AAE/mL)
Unfermented juice (Control) 8.99 ± 0.68a 25.78 ± 0.84a 662.91 ± 24.70a 1.98 ± 0.24a 71.26 ± 0.95b 3.74 ± 0.02a 86.59 ± 3.88a
0743 6.20 ± 0.67ab 19.76 ± 0.24b 720.48 ± 16.25a 1.25 ± 0.32a 74.15 ± 0.54a 2.61 ± 0.10b 67.51 ± 1.47a
Mix 5.10 ± 0.61b 15.67 ± 0.18c 620.89 ± 35.66a 1.25 ± 0.38a 71.61 ± 0.14ab 2.63 ± 0.10b 74.85 ± 6.73a

Means ± standard error in the same column followed by different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences at p ≤ 0.05, according to the Tukey test (n = 3)

ABTS, 2,2-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate; PCM, phosphomolybdenum complex method; TE, trolox equivalent; AAE, ascorbic acid equivalent; GAE, gallic acid equivalent. 0743, L. plantarum CCMA 0743 monoculture; Mix, L. plantarum CCMA 0743 and L. paracasei LBC-81 binary inoculation