Table 4. Antioxidant compound contents and antioxidant activities of natural extract mixtures

Treatments Antioxidant compound contents Antioxidant activities
Total polyphenol (mg GAE/g) Total flavonoid (mg CE/g) DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC50 mg/g) ABTS radical scavenging activity (IC50 mg/g)
Vit C - - 0.04±0.00a 0.10±0.00a
M1 254.45±4.85d 159.52±2.61e 0.17±0.00c 0.15±0.01ab
M2 386.70±1.57f 212.49±10.80g 0.07±0.00b 0.11±0.00a
M3 123.47±0.57b 89.63±0.2c 0.38±0.00d 0.25±0.00c
M4 334.14±7.20e 196.0±4.58f 0.08±0.00b 0.14±0.00ab
M5 116.02±6.02b 69.72±1.61b 0.18±0.01c 0.32±0.00d
M6 181.82±7.89c 115.96±1.93d 0.17±0.01c 0.23±0.00c
Grapefruit seed extracts 29.70±2.25a 7.90±0.09a 0.99±0.00e 2.95±0.04e
Means within a row with different letters are significantly different.
DPPH, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; GAE, gallic acid equivalent;CE, catechin equivalent.