Research Article

Development of a Sauce Using Gymnema sylvestre Leaves

Table 2

The functional properties of the G. sylvestre leaf extract and sauce.

Functional propertiesAmount
G. sylvestre leaf extractSauce

Total antioxidant activity (% of inhibition of DPPH)24.15 ± 1.4843.70 ± 0.72
Total flavonoid (µ moles of rutin equivalent per ml of sample)247.79 ± 6.26243.67 ± 8.57
Total phenolic content (µ moles of gallic acid equivalent per ml of sample)52.48 ± 0.5165.44 ± 0.51

The values are Mean ± SD of three independent determinations.