Table 5. Total phenolic content corresponding to the equivalent of gallic acid.

Sample	mg gallic acid equivalent/g dry sample			Average ± D. standard
	1	2	3
Soxhlet at 40°C	38.546	39.036	39.444	39.009 ± 0.450 a
Soxhlet at 50°C	48.192	48.738	48.898	48.609 ± 0.370 b
Ultrasonic bath at 40°C	30.73	30.35	29.734	30.271 ± 0.503 c
Ultrasonic bath at 50°C	40.256	40.302	40.546	40.368 ± 0.156 d
Maceration at 40°C	26.446	27.092	27.566	27.035 ± 0.562 e
Maceration at 50°C	29.746	30.428	30.748	30.307 ± 0.512 c

Values are the mean of triplicate determinations. Different lowercase letters indicate statistical difference p<0.05.

Based on data from Ruiz Reyes et al. ³⁰