Table 2.

Antioxidant activity of the matcha samples.

Cultivars	DPPH	ABTS	FRAP	APC index	Rank
Zhongcha 108	26.63 ± 0.10a	19.94 ± 0.02b	41.46 ± 0.38c	98.87%	2
Longjing 43	26.45 ± 0.11b	20.03 ± 0.04a	41.89 ± 0.22b	99.14%	1
Quntizhong	25.88 ± 0.12d	19.46 ± 0.04c	41.76 ± 0.15bc	97.38%	5
Yingshuang	26.21 ± 0.10c	19.12 ± 0.02d	42.70 ± 0.16a	97.95%	4
Maolv	26.14 ± 0.10c	19.48 ± 0.05c	42.11 ± 0.18b	98.01%	3

Data are expressed as means ± SEM (n = 3). Means with different letters (a-d) were considered significantly different at p < 0.05 according to Tukey's test.