Drying Parameters of Half-Cut and Ground Figs (Ficus carica L.) var. Mission and the Effect on Their Functional Properties

Table 6

Antioxidant activity of dried half cut figs.

Treatment	DPPH; μM eq trolox/g fig	DPPH (0.2 mM); EC50  mg fig	ABTS; μM eq trolox/g fig	ABTS (2 mM); EC50  mg fig	Ferricyanide; μM eq trolox/g fig
Freeze drying	2.0±0.3^a	12.16±1.3^b	12.6±1.7^c	3.3±0.5^a	13.8±1.7^b
45°C	3.5±0.3^b	7.95±0.4^a	9.7±0.8^a	4.1±0.3^c	12.1±1.1^a
55°C	3.4±0.3^b	7.54±0.7^a	11.2±1.1^b	3.6±0.3^b	14.6±1.7^b
65°C	3.4±0.7^b	7.89±0.2^a	13.2±0.7^c	3.0±0.2^a	17.9±1.3^c

LSD 𝑃<0.05, 𝑛=3.
Different superscript letters in the same column indicate statistical difference.