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 ± 0.01ab
0.10 ± 0.03bc
0.11 ± 0.03a
P 0.5
0.10 ± 0.03b
0.11 ± 0.03c
0.13 ± 0.04a
P 1
0.12 ± 0.05b
0.09 ± 0.02bc
0.13 ± 0.04a
P 1.5
0.09 ± 0.02b
0.09 ± 0.02bc
0.10 ± 0.03a
P 2
0.09 ± 0.02b
0.08 ± 0.02b
0.11 ± 0.03a
Bx 0
0.10 ± 0.03b
0.09 ± 0.02bc
0.10 ± 0.03a
Bx 0.5
0.08 ± 0.02b
0.11 ± 0.03c
0.11 ± 0.03a
Bx 1
0.11 ± 0.03b
0.07 ± 0.01a
0.09 ± 0.02a
Bx 1.5
0.11 ± 0.03b
0.09 ± 0.02bc
0.09 ± 0.02a
Bx 2
0.09 ± 0.02b
0.09 ± 0.02bc
0.10 ± 0.03a
Means with same letters in a column are not significantly different ().