Evaluating the Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Total Phenolic Content, Flavonoids, and Antioxidant Activity of Dried Pleurotus ostreatus ((Jacq. ex. Fr) Kummer) Stored in Packaging Materials

Table 1

Total phenolic content (mgGAE/g) of dried and irradiated mushrooms of polythene (P) and polypropylene (Bx) packs from 3 extracts.

Treatment	Extract
	Aqueous (mgGAE/g)	Ethanol (mgGAE/g)	Methanol (mgGAE/g)
P 0	3.84 ± 0.4^a	2.0 ± 0.1^b	2.4 ± 0.1^b
P 0.5	5.0 ± 0.3^ab	2.36 ± 0.2^bc	2.36 ± 0.2^b
P 1	4.63 ± 0.3^a	1.54 ± 0. 18^b	4.81 ± 0.4^c
P 1.5	2.78 ± 0.1^a	1.32 ± 0.02^a	2.83 ± 0.1^b
P 2	1.96 ± 0.05^a	1.32 ± 0.02^a	1.96 ± 0.05^b
Bx 0	2.54 ± 0.1^a	1.32 ± 0.02^a	1.93 ± 0.05^b
Bx 0.5	4.46 ± 0.3^a	1.96 ± 0.05^bc	2.31 ± 0.2^b
Bx 1	10.96 ± 1.7^b	1.53 ± 0.04^b	1.35 ± 0.03^a
Bx 1.5	4.46 ± 0.8^a	1.89 ± 0.07^bc	0.56 ± 0.01^a
Bx 2	2.5 ± 0.2^a	1.76 ± 0.05^b	1.4 ± 0.03^a

Means with same letters in a column are not significantly different ().