The Antioxidant Capacity of Rosemary and Green Tea Extracts to Replace the Carcinogenic Antioxidant (BHA) in Chicken Burgers

Table 1

Antioxidant capacity values according to the different methodologies.

Sample	Folin-Ciocalteu; (mg GAE/g)	FRAP; (μmol Trolox/g)	EC50; (mg/L)
BHA	1476.67 ± 33.00	3327.32 ± 202.15	24.13 ± 0.018
Rosemary extract (4.4% phenolics)	114.50 ± 0.24	140.88 ± 4.08	22.46 ± 0.025
Pure rosemary extract (supposed value)	2602.27	3201.82	0.98
Green tea extract (20% diterpenes)	1497.97 ± 19.88	1757.96 ± 47.14	11.70 ± 0.017
Pure green tea extract (supposed value)	7489.85	8789.80	2.34

Results are expressed as mean value ± standard deviation (). Different letters indicate significant difference (estimated by ANOVA analysis and Tukey’s test, ).