Research Article

Effect of the Addition of Propolis Extract on Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Craft Beer

Table 2

Results obtained for bioactive compounds (total phenolic content, TPC, and total flavonoids content, TFC) and antioxidant activities (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assays) for ethanolic extracts of propolis (B/EEP) at the concentrations used.

Extracts Bioactive compounds Antioxidant activity
TPC
(mg GAE/L)
TFC
(mg QE/L)
DPPH
(mmol TE/mL)
ABTS
(mmol TE/mL)
FRAP
(μmol TE/mL)

EEP 0.0521.3 ± 1.059 ± 40.014 ± 0.0010.079 ± 0.0020.206 ± 0.002
EEP 0.1533.5 ± 6.7104 ± 240.029 ± 0.0020.114 ± 0.0020.412 ± 0.005
EEP 0.2566.3 ± 1.4148 ± 60.044 ± 0.0010.149 ± 0.0030.801 ± 0.002

Values marked with the same letter do not show significant differences ().