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Table 2 The EC 50 values for the free radical scavenging activity of three different crude extracts from bee pollen and corn pollen, plus the reference standard (ascorbic acid) for comparison

From: Chemical constituents and free radical scavenging activity of corn pollen collected from Apis mellifera hives compared to floral corn pollen at Nan, Thailand

Sample

EC50(μg/ml)ƒ

r 2 Æ’

Bee corn pollen extracts

  

  CMEb

428.6 ± 29.0b

ND

  CDEb

7.47 ± 0.12a*

1

  CHEb

>1,000c

ND

Floral corn pollen extracts

  

  CMEp

365.2 ± 38.8bb

1

  CDEp

212.3 ± 13.6aa**

1

  CHEp

>1000cc

ND

  Ascorbic acid

8.57 ± 0.24*

1

  1. ƒ EC50 values were calculated by linear regression (r 2 = the correlation coefficient). ND represents no available data. Means within a group of three crude extracts of each sample with a different superscript letter (bee pollen extracts) or pair of letters (floral pollen extracts) are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05; One way ANOVA), whilst a significant difference between groups is indicated by * or **.