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 3

DPPH free radical scavenging activity of dried and irradiated mushrooms of polythene (P) and polypropylene (Bx) packs from 3 extracts.

Treatments	Extracts
	Aqueous (mgGAE/g)	Ethanol (mgGAE/g)	Methanol (mgGAE/g)
P 0	0.07 ± 0.01^ab	0.10 ± 0.03^bc	0.11 ± 0.03^a
P 0.5	0.10 ± 0.03^b	0.11 ± 0.03^c	0.13 ± 0.04^a
P 1	0.12 ± 0.05^b	0.09 ± 0.02^bc	0.13 ± 0.04^a
P 1.5	0.09 ± 0.02^b	0.09 ± 0.02^bc	0.10 ± 0.03^a
P 2	0.09 ± 0.02^b	0.08 ± 0.02^b	0.11 ± 0.03^a
Bx 0	0.10 ± 0.03^b	0.09 ± 0.02^bc	0.10 ± 0.03^a
Bx 0.5	0.08 ± 0.02^b	0.11 ± 0.03^c	0.11 ± 0.03^a
Bx 1	0.11 ± 0.03^b	0.07 ± 0.01^a	0.09 ± 0.02^a
Bx 1.5	0.11 ± 0.03^b	0.09 ± 0.02^bc	0.09 ± 0.02^a
Bx 2	0.09 ± 0.02^b	0.09 ± 0.02^bc	0.10 ± 0.03^a

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