Research Article

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

Table 3

Results obtained for bioactive compounds (total phenolic content, TPC, and total flavonoids content, TFC) for beer control (without EEP) and beer with added ethanolic extract of propolis (B/EEP) at different concentrations (0.05, 0.15, and 0.25 g/L).

Bioactive compounds
TPC (mg GAE/L)TFC (mg QE/L)

Control242.0 ± 21.216.9 ± 2.2
B/EEP 0.05253.0 ± 19.819.6 ± 2.2
B/EEP 0.15282.5 ± 28.925.3 ± 1.0
B/EEP 0.25306.5 ± 45.926.9 ± 2.7

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