Bioactivity of Nonedible Parts of Punica granatum L.: A Potential Source of Functional Ingredients

Table 1

Total phenolics, total flavonoids, and total proanthocyanidin content of pomegranate parts extracts.

	TPC mg GAE/g ADW ± SD	TFC mg QE/g ADW ± SD	TPrC mg CCE/g ADW ± SD
Flower	336.51±0.70^a	213.54±3.14^a	1.46±0.06^a,b
Peel	190.27±0.54^b	180.10±1.31^b	2.48±0.08^a
Leaf	87.81±0.47^c	63.89±0.62^c	0.21±0.01^b
Stem	52.92±0.62^d	41.36±0.52^d	0.32±0.01^b
Seed	0.65±0.00^e	0.33±0.00^e	0.13±0.00^b
LSD value at 5% significance	0.96	2.85	1.29

ADW: air dry weight; CCE: cyanidin chloride equivalent; GAE: gallic acid equivalent; QE: quercetin equivalent; TPC: total phenolic content; TFC: Total Flavonoid content; TPrC: Total proanthocyanidin content. Different superscripts between rows in individual columns represent significant difference between extracts. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (𝑛=3).