Figure 3.

Folin–Ciocalteu reducing capacity of T. molitor larvae extracts. Antioxidant capacity of H₂O, PBS, methanol and acetonitrile mealworm extracts measured by reduction of Folin–Ciocalteu reagent and normalized to (A) the larval dry weight or (C) the larval dry weight per extract dry weight. (B) Dry weight of extracts obtained from 0.5 g larval material each as a measure of extraction efficiency. Data are shown as means ± SEM of three replicates. Significantly different means within one panel do not share the same letters (analysed by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test, p < 0.05). DW= dry weight, GAE = Gallic acid equivalent. DW= dry weight, TE = Trolox equivalents. HF = high-frequency dried, RO = rack oven-dried, IR = infrared dried, MW = microwave dried, FD = freeze-dried.