Research Article

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

Table 4

Results obtained for antioxidant activity (DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP assay) 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).

Antioxidant activity
DPPH (mmol TE/L)ABTS (mmol TE/L)FRAP (μmol TE/L)

Control0.533 ± 0.1560.629 ± 0.0381415.0 ± 241.8
B/EEP 0.050.530 ± 0.1640.705 ± 0.1231555.0 ± 175.4
B/EEP 0.150.491 ± 0.0960.687 ± 0.0941705.0 ± 131.5
B/EEP 0.250.576 ± 0.17820.808 ± 0.1971892.5 ± 251.0

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