A Study on the Quality and Identity of Brazilian Pampa Biome Honey: Evidences for Its Beneficial Effects against Oxidative Stress and Hyperglycemia
Table 4
Brazilian Pampa biome honeys in vitro antioxidant properties.
Phenols (mg of GAEa/100 g )
Flavonoids (mg of QEb/100 g)
FRAP (μM of Fe (II)/100 g)
Percentage scavenging of DPPH
Percentage scavenging of ABTS
ABS450 (mAU)
1
64.5 ± 2.0
2.4 ± 0.2
461.3 ± 1.2
37.6 ± 4.2
31.3 ± 2.9
463.0 ± 0.0
2
69.0 ± 5.1
ND
358.0 ± 13.0
33.1 ± 0.5
27.1 ± 0.4
490.0 ± 8.5
3
63.7 ± 2.8
1.8 ± 0.4
318.0 ± 34.2
21.9 ± 3.3
25.5 ± 0.5
432.0 ± 11.3
4
63.5 ± 6.7
2.5 ± 0.3
314.7 ± 8.2
29.5 ± 2.8
24.0 ± 1.7
438.5 ± 16.3
5
41.0 ± 4.3
2.5 ± 0.0
271.3 ± 24.7
22.4 ± 1.3
15.9 ± 5.0
308.5 ± 10.6
6
46.5 ± 6.5
4.2 ± 0.5
290.5 ± 18.9
27.5 ± 0.9
21.0 ± 0.5
209.0 ± 0.0
7
47.0 ± 4.3
2.3 ± 0.5
133.0 ± 5.9
22.3 ± 1.9
14.0 ± 0.2
120.5 ± 4.9
8
56.2 ± 8.3
2.3 ± 0.4
378.8 ± 18.9
35.9 ± 0.2
27.7 ± 0.1
374.0 ± 7.1
9
28.9 ± 1.6
1.8 ± 0.4
145.5 ± 30.6
20.9 ± 2.0
16.5 ± 0.4
188.0 ± 0.0
10
61.9 ± 3.7
3.4 ± 0.5
537.2 ± 4.7
44.2 ± 3.7
34.3 ± 2.8
488.5 ± 19.1
Data are expressed as mean ± SD. GAE: gallic acid equivalent; QE: quercetin equivalent. DPPH/ABTS radical scavenging refers to 10% honey solution. ABS450 refers to honey color intensity; *ND: not detected.
