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Table 2 Antioxidant activity of fruit peel methanol extracts of seven pomegranate cultivars cultivated in South Africa

From: Antibacterial, antioxidant and tyrosinase-inhibition activities of pomegranate fruit peel methanolic extract

 

DPPH (%)

FIC (%)

FRAP (abs. at 593 nm)

Cultivar

1000 μg/ml

100 μg/ml

10 μg/ml

1000 μg/ml

100 μg/ml

10 μg/ml

1000 μg/ml

100 μg/ml

10 μg/ml

Arakta

83.54±0.31d

13.35±0.98ab

5.55±0.06c

79.44±0.21a

49.94±0.89a

37.32±1.82b

1.19±0.03ns

0.52±0.02b

0.11±0.00c

Bhagwa

73.02±0.26ab

12.34±0.73ab

1.37±0.34a

84.96±1.43bc

65.54±1.09c

18.83±0.22a

1.03±0.28

0.38±0.00ab

0.04±0.01a

Ganesh

83.56±0.05d

16.70±0.83bc

2.42±0.99ab

82.98±0.18b

65.82±0.51c

15.80±0.52a

1.47±0.04

0.73±0.12c

0.08±0.01bc

Herskawitz

78.06±0.71c

15.18±0.97abc

2.71±0.77ab

87.82±0.57de

69.97±0.25d

34.32±2.45b

1.29±0.04

0.34±0.01ab

0.08±0.02bc

Molla de Elche

71.65±0.08a

10.59±0.18a

1.61±0.08a

86.59±0.90cd

70.57±0.43d

47.24±1.34c

1.47±0.11

0.33±0.05a

0.03±0.00a

Ruby

83.34±0.51d

19.67±2.24c

4.10±2.24bc

83.58±0.62b

53.39±1.29b

47.25±0.66c

1.18±0.02

0.38±0.00ab

0.08±0.01bc

Wonderful

74.19±1.05b

12.22±3.13ab

3.01±0.47ab

89.67±0.72e

71.02±0.38d

49.65±1.26c

1.32±0.16

0.33±0.01a

0.06±0.00ab

Ascorbic acid

67.02±0.06

  

62.15±0.98

     

Trolox

        

0.82±0.03

  1. Means in the same column followed by different letters (a-e) represent statistical significance (P <0.05) according to the Duncan’s multiple range test. Positive controls: Ascorbic acid and trolox.