Antioxidant and Glycemic Regulatory Properties Potential of Different Maturity Stages of Leaf of Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) In Vitro
Table 3
Antioxidant activity of different maturity stages of leaves of Ceylon cinnamon.
Leaf extract
Antioxidant activity
DPPH
ABTS
ORAC
FRAP
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of extract)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of sample)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of extract)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of sample)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of extract)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of sample)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of extract)
(mg Trolox equivalents/g of sample)
Immature
16.54 ± 0.32
0.42 ± 0.01
140.67 ± 4.00
3.57 ± 0.10
27.86 ± 0.55
0.71 ± 0.01
12.11 ± 0.98
0.31 ± 0.02
Partly mature
18.32 ± 0.23
0.99 ± 0.01
227.63 ± 20.45
12.25 ± 1.10
46.72 ± 3.72
2.51 ± 0.20
17.01 ± 1.40
0.92 ± 0.08
Mature
260.66 ± 6.21
27.09 ± 0.65
422.46 ± 14.03
43.91 ± 1.46
179.97 ± 2.51
18.70 ± 0.26
665.44 ± 5.05
69.16 ± 0.52
Data represented as mean ± SEM. DPPH, ABTS, and ORAC n=4 each; FRAP n=3 each. Values in a column superscripted by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05.