Research Article

DNA Damage Protecting Activity and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Anthocyanins from Red Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Bran

Table 1

Phenolic composition, flavonoid and anthocyanin content of red sorghum bran in three different solvent extracts.

Red sorghum branTotal phenols
(mg gallic acid equiv/g)
Total flavonoids
(mg queractin equiv/g)
Anthocyanins
(mg cyanidin 3-glucoside equiv/g) (mg/g)

Acetone extract0.14 ± 0.0365 ± 0.191.00 ± 0.11
Methanol extract0.58 ± 0.04111 ± 0.201.95 ± 0.13
Acidified methanol extract0.93 ± 0.06143 ± 0.234.7 ± 0.20

Values are mean ( ) ± SD ( , ).