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. 2022 Oct 28;11(21):3414. doi: 10.3390/foods11213414

Table 2.

The total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activity (extracts (a) and after the in vitro digestion (b)) of breads measured by Folin’s reagent (mg/g), and the PCL, ACW, and ACL methods (µmol Trolox/g d.m.).

PCL
[µmol Trolox/g d.m.]
TPC
[mg/g]
PCL
[µmol Trolox/g d.m.]
TPC
[mg/g]
ACW ACL ACW ACL
Extracts
Toasted bread 0.27 ± 0.02 g 3.44 ± 0.04 h 1.33 ± 0.08 d Wholemeal bread 1.32 ± 0.06 f 2.39 ± 0.08 g 1.73 ± 0.17 c
Kale 10% 3.24 ± 0.09 e 6.21 ± 0.06 g 2.00 ± 0.25 d Spinach 20% 2.50 ± 0.08 e 3.68 ± 0.24 fg 3.25 ± 0.08 c
Kale 20% 4.53 ± 0.08 c 8.21 ± 0.06 f 4.10 ± 0.06 d Spinach 40% 3.48 ± 0.04 d 4.25 ± 0.22 f 5.15 ± 0.48 c
In vitro digestion ‘gastric stage’
Toasted bread 1.38 ± 0.22 f 13.34 ± 0.90 d 69.44 ± 5.82 a Wholemeal bread 5.26 ± 0.60 b 17.00 ± 1.08 cd 63.68 ± 2.00 a
Kale 10% 6.49 ± 0.18 b 10.06 ± 0.17 e 69.62 ± 5.58 a Spinach 20% 1.22 ± 0.11 f 38.18 ± 2.19 b 65.49 ± 2.83 a
Kale 20% 4.05 ± 0.08 d 21.85 ± 1.17 a 67.44 ± 1.21 a Spinach 40% 3.54 ± 0.30 cd 40.32 ± 1.34 a 67.15 ± 4.78 a
In vitro digestion ‘intestinal stage’
Toasted bread 2.51 ± 0.24 e 6.10 ± 0.07 g 53.60 ± 5.91 c Wholemeal bread 5.83 ± 0.04 ab 8.82 ± 0.06 e 57.39 ± 3.98 b
Kale 10% 5.02 ± 0.33 c 16.81 ± 0.38 c 56.96 ± 4.24 bc Spinach 20% 4.03 ± 0.27 c 16.89 ± 0.63 d 62.54 ± 0.20 ab
Kale 20% 8.61 ± 0.17 a 19.92 ± 1.19 b 61.81 ± 0.55 ab Spinach 40% 6.06 ± 0.16 a 18.68 ± 0.28 c 63.70 ± 2.34 a

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3); different letters within the same column indicate statistically significant differences at P < 0.05 in LSD Fisher test.