Antioxidant Activity and Cardioprotective Effect of a Nonalcoholic Extract of Vaccinium meridionale Swartz during Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rats

Table 2

Phenolics compounds, total antioxidant activity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging properties of fermented berry extract (BE) and berry juice (BJ).

Sample	Phenolic compounds		Antioxidant activity			ROS scavenging
	Total phenolics^(a)	Total anthocyanins^(c)	DPPH^(a)	ABTS^•+(a)	FRAP^(b)	O2^•−(a)	ONOO^−(b)
BE	49	34	23	73	220	5.6	5.0
BJ	18	12	5	24	72	2.3	1.3

^(a)Results are expressed as caffeic acid equivalent (μg/mg dry weight of extract); ^(b)results are expressed as ascorbic acid equivalent (μmol/mg dry weight of extract); ^(c)results are expressed as cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalents (μmol/mg dry weight of extract).