Research Article

Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Lepidium sativum Seeds from Four Regions of Morocco

Table 6

Total contents of phenols, flavonoids, and tannins in the MeOH and EtOH extract from the four regions studied.

Polyphenols (mg GAE/g extract)Flavonoids (mg QE/g extract)Tannins (mg CE/g extract)

TFMeOH94.48 ± 1.82a37.63 ± 2.14a26.50 ± 0.07a
EtOH86.48 ± 0.22b32.51 ± 0.81bc27.79 ± 0.074b

HZMeOH83.36 ± 0.98bc33.58 ± 0.33ab25.87 ± 0.072a
EtOH80.28 ± 0.28c29.24 ± 0.47c26.02 ± 0.31a

BAMeOH69.46 ± 0.09d24.85 ± 0.48d31.50 ± 0.11c
EtOH65.15 ± 1.07e23.92 ± 0.64de23.41 ± 0.25d

RMMeOH59.40 ± 0.62f21.09 ± 0.21de12.85 ± 0.56e
EtOH52.79 ± 0.30g20.04 ± 0.04e8.33 ± 0.11f

The data are the mean of three replicates (n = 3e ± SEM); means followed by similar superscript letters in the same row are not different ().