Research Article

Phenolic Profile, Sugar Composition, and Antioxidant Capacities of Some Common Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars as a Potential Nutraceutical and Functional Food Ingredients

Table 5

DPPH and ABTS+ radical scavenging activities of seven Tunisian date palm cultivars.

CultivarsDPPH (mg·TE/100 g·FW)ABTS+ (mg TE/100 g·FW)

T1131.59 ± 11.54A106.57 ± 2.33A
T251.62 ± 16C46.42 ± 2.68E
G179.89 ± 1.69B92.29 ± 3.21B
G246.67 ± 6.05CD54.53 ± 0.42D
K121.06 ± 9.97E45.51 ± 1.23E
K230.47 ± 5.94DE28.05 ± 4.28F
DN64.16 ± 13.22BC70.92 ± 3.79C

The results are given as the mean values ± SD (n = 3); data with different superscript letters in the same column are significant (); TE, trolox equivalent; FW, fresh weight.