Research Article

Effects of Fruit Maturity Stages on GC-FID Fatty Acid Profiles, Phenolic Contents, and Biological Activities of Eucalyptus marginata L.

Table 2

Oil content, total phenolic, flavonoid, and tannin contents, and antioxidant activities in Eucalyptus marginata L. immature and mature fruit extracts.

Immature fruit stageFull maturation fruit stage

Total phenolic content (mg GAE/g DW)12.00 ± 0.02a25.00 ± 0.02b
Total flavonoid content (mg RE/g DW)3.90 ± 0.03a13.90 ± 0.07b
Condensed tannin content (mg CE/g DW)1.50 ± 0.05a5.00 ± 0.08b
DPPH assay (mg/mL)7.00 ± 0.09a3.01 ± 0.04b
ABTS assay (mg/mL)13.02 ± 0.01a10.05 ± 0.00b

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of 3 determinations. Different letters in the same line indicate significant differences ().