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. 2022 Feb 18;11(4):588. doi: 10.3390/foods11040588

Table 1.

Total phenolic (mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (mg CAE/g) content and antioxidant activity based on DPPH and FRAP (%) of ultrasound-assisted green soybean pod extracts as a function of time and the ultrasonic amplitude level.

Time (min) Amplitude
(%)
Total Phenolic Content
(mg GAE/g)
Total Flavonoid Content
(mg CAE/g)
Antioxidant Activities
(µmol Trolox/g)
DPPH FRAP
10 30 85.9 ± 0.9 d 6.19 ± 0.1 c 24.4 ± 0.1 cd 41.4 ± 0.1 e
40 91.5 ± 1.1 c 6.56 ± 0.3 bc 24.5 ± 0.1 c 44.0 ± 0.1 c
50 107 ± 0.5 a 8.94 ± 0.1 a 25.6 ± 0.1 a 46.8 ± 0.1 a
15 30 90.9 ± 1.1 c 8.50 ± 0.2 a 22.8 ± 0.1 f 43.4 ± 0.1 d
40 93.2 ± 1.0 c 8.69 ± 0.3 a 22.8 ± 0.1 f 45.5 ± 0.1 b
50 103 ± 0.5 b 8.75 ± 0.1 a 25.2 ± 0.1 b 45.5 ± 0.1 b
20 30 90.6 ± 0.9 c 5.75 ± 0.1 c 23.0 ± 0.1 f 40.4 ± 0.1 f
40 91.3 ± 1.1 c 7.44 ± 0.2 b 23.7 ± 0.1 e 40.2 ± 0.1 g
50 90.1 ± 1.1 cd 7.38 ± 0.1 b 24.1 ± 0.1 d 40.4 ± 0.1 f

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different letters (a–g) in the same column represent statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). DPPH = 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl radical; FRAP = ferric reducing antioxidant power.