Table 7.

Antioxidant activity of control protein and protein-CA complex embedded with Cur.

sample	Cur	Control LG	LG after ultrasound	LG-CA	LG-CA after ultrasound
DPPH scavenging activity (μmol Trolox/g sample)	21.68 ± 0.03^a	59.28 ± 0.02^c	103.41 ± 0.01^d	132.7 ± 0.03^b	146.88 ± 0.04^e
ABTS⁺ scavenging activity (μmol Trolox/g sample)	93.14 ± 0.02^b	139 ± 0.01^d	148.66 ± 0.04^c	147.62 ± 0.01^e	158.66 ± 0.04^a
Reducing power (μmol Trolox/g sample)	24.94 ± 0.01^a	29.18 ± 0.02^e	31.4 ± 0.02^b	30.2 ± 0.05^d	38.76 ± 0.04^c

Note: different letters in superscript within the same row indicate significant differences among sample tests (p < 0.05).