Total Polyphenol and Flavonoid Content and Antioxidant Capacity of Some Varieties of Persea americana Peels Consumed in Cameroon

Table 2

Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of aqueous, hydroethanolic, and ethanolic extracts of avocado varieties’ peelings.

Lula

Nabal

Hickson

Booth 8

Semil

Booth 7

Taylor

Collinson

Anaheim

Hass

Zutano

Fuerte florid

TAC (mg AAE/g DM) AE

128.79 ± 0.004^a

127.76 ± 0.0256^a

128.21 ± 0.0641^a

126.85 ± 0.04^a

127.34 ± 0.028^a

129.32 ± 0.018^a

129.08 ± 0.05^a

128.56 ± 0.022^a

129.32 ± 0.032^a

129.47 ± 0.017^a

127.21 ± 0.036^a

127.87 ± 0.083^a

TAC (mg AAE/g DM) HE

132.41 ± 0.02^a

129.15 ± 0.0235^a

129.36 ± 0.068^a

127.97 ± 0.020^a

128.47 ± 0.0281^a

131.08 ± 0.0391^a

129.26 ± 0.0463^a

130.34 ± 0.021^a

131.33 ± 0.033^a

132.87 ± 0.09^a

129.53 ± 0.020^a

130.78 ± 0.026^a

TAC (mg AAE/g DM) EE

129.63 ± 0.024^a

127.86 ± 0.092^a

127.77 ± 0.018^a

127.32 ± 0.034^a

127.83 ± 0.02^a

129.75 ± 0.03^a

128.26 ± 0.038^a

129.11 ± 0.03^a

129.32 ± 0.034^a

130.02 ± 0.03^a

127.68 ± 0.057^a

129.45 ± 0.09^a

mg AAE/g DM, milligram ascorbic acid equivalent/gram dry matter; AE, aqueous extract; HE, hydroethanolic extract; EE, ethanolic extract; TAC, total antioxidant capacity. Any two mean ± SD values that do not carry similar superscript in a line are significantly different ().