Antioxidants in Varieties of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) and Wild Poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.) of Southern Italy

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation coefficients () and related significance between antioxidant activities and antioxidant content.

	HAA	LAA	TAA	TPC	TF	Lut.	β-Cry.	β-Car.
HAA	*
LAA	0.940^*	*
TAA	0.989^**	0.981^**	*
TPC	0.900^*	0.972^**	0.945^*	*
TF	0.869^ns	0.978^**	0.930^*	0.986^**	*
Lut.	−0.067^ns	−0.035^ns	−0.054^ns	−0.250^ns	−0.165^ns	*
β-Cry.	−0.135^ns	−0.028^ns	−0.090^ns	−0.213^ns	−0.122^ns	0.967^**	*
β-Car.	−0.071^ns	−0.034^ns	−0.056^ns	−0.253^ns	−0.158^ns	0.997^***	0.957^*	*

Nonsignificant ( ≥ 0.05); < 0.05; < 0.01; < 0.001.
HAA: hydrophilic antioxidant activity; LAA: lipophilic antioxidant activity; TAA: total antioxidant activity; TPC: total phenolics, TF: total flavonoids; Lut.: (all-E)-lutein; β-Cry.: (all-E)-β-cryptoxanthin; β-Car.: (all-E)-β-carotene; TC: total carotenoids; (sample size): 5.