A Comprehensive Approach to Antioxidant Activity in the Seeds of Wild Legume Species of Tribe Fabeae

Table 5

Phenolic contents (mg/g seed flour) and antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts (2 g catechin equivalents) for the four groups of taxa belong to tribe Fabeae from Southern Spain. Results are the average ± standard deviation. Superscript letters indicate significant differences between values in the same row (Scheffe’s test; and ).

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Phenolic contents	21.8 ± 6.5	7.9 ± 3.1	3.3 ± 0.8	4.6 ± 2.0
AOX	0.0040 ± 0.00	0.0054 ± 0.00	0.0082 ± 0.01	0.0050 ± 0.00
DR	0.010 ± 0.00	0.009 ± 0.00	0.08 ± 0.00	0.011 ± 0.00
AA	42.59 ± 9.17	56.56 ± 5.12	65.34 ± 3.62	51.71 ± 5.65
ORR	0.574 ± 0.09	0.435 ± 0.05	0.347 ± 0.04	0.482 ± 0.06
AAC	267.11 ± 78.8	400.9 ± 51.9	489.50 ± 41.2	346.28 ± 53.6

AOX: antioxidant value; DR: degradation rate; AA: antioxidant activity; ORR: oxidation rate ratio; AAC: antioxidant activity coefficient.