Investigation on Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Skin as a Potentially Effective Natural Food Preservative

Table 3

Effect of pomegranate peel extracts on total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidant activity (TAA).

Sample extracts	TPC (mg GAE/g)	TAA (mg AAE/g)
Cold water extract	^b mg GAE/g	^b mg AAE/g
MeOH extract	^a mg GAE/g	^a mg AAE/g
Hot water extract	^c mg GAE/g	^a mg AAE/g

The values represent . Three replicates were used in each experiment. Means with different superscripts across rows (lowercase alphabets) indicate significant differences ().