Phytochemical Contents and Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of Selected Black and White Sesame Seeds

Table 3

Correlation of multicomponents (phenolics, flavonoids, and lignans) with antioxidant (ORAC, PSC) and antiproliferation (EC₅₀) activities of six sesame seed varieties.

	Free phenolics	Bound phenolics	Total phenolics	Free flavonoids	Bound flavonoids	Total flavonoids	Lignans
Free PSC values		NC	NC		NC	NC	NC
Bound PSC values	NC	0.604	NC	NC	0.294	NC	NC
Total PSC values	NC	NC	0.020	NC	NC	0.130	0.542
Free ORAC values	0.286	NC	NC	0.634	NC	NC	NC
Bound ORAC value	NC		NC	NC	0.417	NC	NC
Total ORAC values	NC	NC	0.701	NC	NC	0.412	0.533
Free EC50		NC	NC	0.465	NC	NC	NC
Bound EC50	NC		NC	NC		NC	NC

means significant difference at .
means significant difference at .
NC means not computed.