The Comparison of Total Phenolics, Total Antioxidant, and Anti-Tyrosinase Activities of Korean Sargassum Species

Table 1

Total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of Sargassum species.

	Total phenolic content (mg GAE/g dw)	Total flavonoid content (mg QE/g dw)
S. confusum	20.57 ± 1.00^d	23.58 ± 3.23^d
S. coreanum	23.82 ± 0.88^d	22.08 ± 0.65^d
S. filicinum	56.21 ± 1.00^b	65.38 ± 7.77^b
S. hemiphyllum	83.22 ± 1.72^a	72.58 ± 4.91^ab
S. horneri	36.09 ± 1.00^c	36.58 ± 2.63^c
S. macrocarpum	26.32 ± 1.72^d	22.08 ± 1.32^d
S. micracanthum	28.62 ± 1.00^d	23.95 ± 2.50^d
S. miyabei Yendo	88.97 ± 4.34^a	82.33 ± 3.24^a
S. serratifolium	55.63 ± 6.22^b	46.83 ± 2.48^c
S. siliquastrum	40.11 ± 1.72^c	32.95 ± 2.02^cd
S. yendoi	42.41 ± 1.00^c	40.70 ± 4.20^c

TPC and TFC contents were expressed as mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g dry weight and mg quercetin equivalent (QE)/g dry weight. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Groups that do not share a common letter indicate a significant difference ().