Table 3.

Extraction yield (EY, %), total phenolic compounds (TPC, mg GAE/mg extract), total flavonoids (TF, mg CATE/mg extract), and antioxidant activity (AA expressed as IC₅₀, mg/mL) of the peels and seeds of three pomegranate cultivars (Acco, Big Full, Wonderful) according to ethanol/water extraction solvent (0%, 25%, 50%, and 75% EtOH, v/v).

Parameter	Solvent	Peels			Seeds
		Acco	Big Full	Wonderful	Acco	Big Full	Wonderful
EY	EtOH 0%	43.4 ± 1.5	42.4 ± 6.9	44.8 ± 5.7	50.1 ± 1.4	34.4 ± 2.9	25.3 ± 3.4
	EtOH 25%	43.2 ± 3.1	47.0 ± 2.3	44.4 ± 4.0	54.0 ± 0.9	31.1 ± 2.4	27.5 ± 1.5
	EtOH 50%	49.9 ± 0.9	51.0 ± 0.3	46.3 ± 4.8	59.2 ± 1.3	35.7 ± 1.2	32.0 ± 1.7
	EtOH 75%	53.2 ± 2.7	54.8 ± 2.2	57.9 ± 5.4	53.0 ± 1.8	31.6 ± 0.4	30.2 ± 1.5
TPC	EtOH 0%	0.36 ± 0.02	0.39 ± 0.02	0.24 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.00	0.08 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.03
	EtOH 25%	0.36 ± 0.00	0.56 ± 0.15	0.25 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.01
	EtOH 50%	0.39 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.18	0.32 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.00
	EtOH 75%	0.40 ± 0.01	0.86 ± 0.12	0.28 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.00	0.20 ± 0.00
TF	EtOH 0%	0.031 ± 0.003	0.047 ± 0.004	0.030 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.002	0.021 ± 0.002
	EtOH 25%	0.036 ± 0.003	0.055 ± 0.002	0.030 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.002	0.010 ± 0.001	0.026 ± 0.001
	EtOH 50%	0.029 ± 0.002	0.052 ± 0.003	0.042 ± 0.005	0.008 ± 0.000	0.007 ± 0.001	0.021 ± 0.001
	EtOH 75%	0.027 ± 0.001	0.059 ± 0.003	0.030 ± 0.004	0.004 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001	0.014 ± 0.002
AA	EtOH 0%	6.606 ± 0.032	1.095 ± 0.018	5.154 ± 0.034	1.119 ± 0.363	1.133 ± 0.376	0.286 ± 0.004
	EtOH 25%	0.031 ± 0.001	0.142 ± 0.023	0.022 ± 0.002	0.063 ± 0.002	0.394 ± 0.057	0.045 ± 0.001
	EtOH 50%	0.024 ± 0.000	0.180 ± 0.005	0.022 ± 0.001	0.063 ± 0.004	0.398 ± 0.017	0.042 ± 0.003
	EtOH 75%	0.023 ± 0.003	0.196 ± 0.005	0.021 ± 0.001	0.045 ± 0.005	0.556 ± 0.033	0.038 ± 0.005

Results are expressed as mean values ± standard deviation of four independent extractions for EY and duplicates of two independent extractions for TPC, TF and AA.