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. 2022 Feb 9;11(2):337. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020337

Table 1.

Antioxidant activity of HPP-treated and untreated sea cucumber internal organs.

Assays Free Esterified Insoluble-Bound
Untreated HPP-Treated Untreated HPP-Treated Untreated HPP-Treated
ARSA (mg TE/100 g) 589.18 ± 2.18 a 565.43 ± 2.06 b 89.67 ± 0.94 a 76.54 ± 0.75 b 109.03 ± 0.98 a 94.76 ± 0.58 b
DRSA (mg TE/100 g) 330.56 ± 1.68 b 346.48 ± 1.06 a 39.76 ± 0.52 b 43.72 ± 0.75 a 66.78 ± 0.76 b 72.76 ± 0.58 a
HRSA (mg TE/100 g) 598.33 ± 1.58 598.93 ± 1.05 131.89 ± 0.82 132.37 ± 0.75 226.76 ± 1.5 b 254.3 ± 0.58 a
MCA (mg EDTAE/100 g) 18.68 ± 0.28 b 25.67 ± 1.05 a 4.09 ± 0.2 b 11.78 ± 0.75 a 6.45 ± 0.42 7.27 ± 0.58

Different lowercase letters for the same phenolic fraction indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among treatments. ARSA, ABTS radical scavenging activity; DRSA, DPPH radical scavenging activity; HRSA, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity; MCA, metal chelation activity; TE, Trolox equivalents; EDTAE, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid equivalents.