Research Article

The Effects of Different Extraction Methods on Antioxidant Properties, Chemical Composition, and Thermal Behavior of Black Seed (Nigella sativa L.) Oil

Table 5

Antioxidant activities of Nigella sativa oil determined by DPPH radical scavenging and FRAP ferrous reducing, with TPC total phenolic content.

Types of oilDPPH IC50 (mg/mL)FRAP (mmol/100 mL)TPC (mg/100 mL GAE)

Supercritical fluid oil1.58 ± 0.07538.67 ± 12.58160.51 ± 11.43
Cold press oil2.30 ± 0.02329.00 ± 54.7894.40 ± 1.02

± Standard deviation of three replications.
Different letters in the same column represent significant (p < 0.05) differences.