Table 2. Extraction yield and antioxidant measurements of mustard extracts with various levels of ethanol concentrations
Traits | Ethanol (%) |
0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
Extraction yield (%) | 24.28±0.28a | 17.72±0.40b | 16.18±0.50c | 13.46±0.79d | 11.43±0.36e |
TPC (mg GAE/g) | 18.87±1.49c | 19.85±0.56bc | 21.06±0.36b | 26.84±0.81a | 16.18±1.16d |
TFC (mg NE/g) | 113.47±9.96b | 142.18±18.36b | 324.80±25.18a | 334.66±27.43a | 16.98±6.04c |
DPPH (%) | 49.75±1.93d | 56.93±1.28c | 83.23±0.12b | 86.60±0.25a | 17.32±2.72e |
All values represented as mean±SD.
Means in the same row marked with different letters denote significant differences (p<0.05).
TPC, total phenolic contents; GAE, gallic acid equivalents; TFC, total flavonoids contents; DPPH, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazy free radical scavenging activity.