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. 2023 Jan 11;12(2):343. doi: 10.3390/foods12020343

Table 3.

In vitro evaluation of total phenolic content and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities.

Source Method and Activity Ref.
Phenolic content and antioxidant activity
Apple peel extract TPC: 1.39–3.30 g GAE/100 g dry weight
TFC: 1.15–2.04 g QE/100 g
[79]
Date extract TPC: 2.74–3.60 µg GAE/mL
TFC: 4.77–9.06 µg CE/mL
DPPH: 720–1.120 µmol Trolox/mL
ABTS: 621–774 µmol Trolox/mL
[80]
Grape pomace TPC: 20–35.0 mg GAE/g dry weight [81]
Grape extract TPC: 10.99 mg GAE/100 mL
DPPH: 10.17% inhibition
[82]
Jabuticaba peel extract TPC: 13.22 mg GAE/mL
FRAP: 5.76 μmol Trolox/L
DPPH: 36.03 mmol Trolox/L
[83]
Jabuticaba peel extract TPC: 18.51 mg GAE/mL
DPPH: 36.75 µg TEAC/mL
[84]
Kiwifruit extract TPC: 21.32 mg GAE/100 mL
DPPH: 19.84% inhibition
[82]
Olive extract TPC: 41.4 mg GAE/g
ABTS: 79.6% inhibition
DPPH: 78.0% inhibition
ORAC: 140.5 µM Trolox
FRAP: 71.2 µM Trolox
[85]
Pomegranate peel powder TPC: 215.2 mg/g
TFC: 70.4 mg/g
DPPH (EC50): 17.8 μg/mL
[42]
Pomegranate peel extract powder TPC: 101–169 mg GAE/100 g [86]
Pomegranate extract TPC: 33.15 mg GAE/100 mL
DPPH: 20.34% inhibition
[82]
Pomegranate byproduct extract TPC: 127.51 mg GAE/100 mL
DPPH: 93.61% inhibition
[82]
Red pitaya pulp extract TPC: 268.13 mg of GAE/100 g
DPPH (EC50): 229 mg Trolox/100 g
FRAP: 825.40 μmol Fe+2/100 g.
[87]
Watermelon rind extract DPPH: 77.46% inhibition
ABTS: 75.57% inhibition
FRAP: 77.5 mM Fe2+/mL
SASA: 47.5% inhibition
[88]
Antimicrobial activity
Citrus unshiu peel extract Bacillus cereus (MIC): 10–20 mg/mL
Staphylococcus aureus (MIC): 10–20 mg/mL
Listeria monocytogenes (MIC): 10–20 mg/mL
[89]
Olive extract Escherichia coli (IZ): 11 mm
Listeria monocytogenes (IZ): 6–13 mm
Staphylococcus aureus (IZ): 8–25 mm
[85]
Orange peel essential oil Bacillus subtilis (IZ): 7.0–7.5 mm
Candida albicans (IZ): 10–12 mm
Pseodomonas aeruginosa (IZ): 10.5–13 mm
Stapylococcus aureus (IZ): 8.5–12.5 mm
Escherichia coli (IZ): 9.5–12.0 mm
[72]
Pomegranate peel extract Pseudomonas putida (IZ): 3–8 mm [90]
Pomegranate peel extract powder Bacillus cereus (IZ): 13–19 mm
Escherichia coli (IZ): 12–17 mm
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IZ): 12–16 mm
Staphylococcus aureus (IZ): 13–19 mm
[86]
Pomegranate peel extract Penicillium digitatum (IZ): 0.3–4.1 mm [91]

ABTS: 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid); CE: catechin equivalent; DPPH: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; EC50: extract concentration decreasing the initial DPPH radical concentration by 50%; FRAP: ferric-reducing ability of plasma; GAE: gallic acid equivalent; IZ: inhibition zone; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; ORAC: oxygen radical absorbance capacity; QE: quercetin Equivalent; SASA: superoxide anionic scavenging activity; TFC: total flavonoid content; and TPC: total phenolic content.