Wild Mushrooms in Nepal: Some Potential Candidates as Antioxidant and ACE-Inhibition Sources

Table 3

Phenolic content, ORAC values, ABTS, and DPPH radical scavenging results of top 10 extracts.

Number	Scientific name	Ethanol extract
		Total phenolic; (mg GAE/g)	ORAC	ABTS (%)	DPPH (%)
N010	Inonotus andersonii	310.8±2.7	21015.4±121.3	36.4±1.0 (63.5)	72.9±2.1 (102.0)
N016	Phellinus gilvus	258.7±4.3	9564.0±281.5	38.1±0.4 (56.0)	55.2±3.2 (109.0)
N017	Inonotus sp. 2	97.1±0.9	1746.6±100.9	24.1±0.3 (62.5)	22.4±1.6 (106.0)
N006	Ganoderma australe	88.3±2.4	2578.5±099.0	21.5±0.7 (63.5)	19.2±0.7 (108.0)
N005	Ganoderma australe	82.7±8.2	1781.4±123.3	16.1±2.3 (53.5)	14.7±0.9 (100.0)
N019	Phellinus conchatus	74.9±1.3	4431.5±211.6	19.3±0.2 (58.5)	14.5±1.5 (103.0)
N018	Phellinus conchatus	68.2±0.2	3856.4±296.6	12.6±0.3 (47.5)	17.0±0.2 (115.0)
N001	Ganoderma carnosum	70.2±3.0	1938.6±064.5	16.0±2.4 (61.0)	11.3±1.3 (103.0)
N002	Ganoderma lingzhi	66.8±3.0	2136.2±100.8	15.1±0.4 (63.0)	10.7±0.6 (126.0)
N011	Trametes versicolor	50.4±0.5	2168.0±033.1	10.3±0.3 (74.0)	NA**
Correlation coefficient*		—	𝐑=𝟎.𝟗𝟐𝟑	𝐑=𝟎.𝟗𝟑𝟔	𝐑=𝟎.𝟗𝟖𝟔

∗Correlation coefficients in each column were between phenolic content and correspondent antioxidant activity; **not available; numbers in bracket of ABTS and DPPH columns were final concentrations (μg/mL).
The bold values show high correlation coefficient.