Research Article

Study of the Physiochemical and Nutraceutical Properties of Sour and Sweet Pomegranate Juice in Northern Jordan

Table 6

The inhibitory activity of alpha-amylase and ACE of different pomegranate juice samples.

VarietiesSample nameInhibitory activity (%) of pomegranate juice
Alpha-amylase inhibitory activity (%)ACE inhibitory activity (%)

SourA1439.84 ± 2.33a65.39 ± 2.27B
D1403.77 ± 2.08b53.75 ± 0.60c
K1133.34 ± 2.21e45.65 ± 0.90d

SweetA2263.23 ± 1.68c47.68 ± 0.56D
D2173.17 ± 1.88d91.03 ± 2.01a
K264.95 ± 2.33f66.37 ± 0.00b

#All values are calculated as a wet basis and means of three replicates. Means ± SD in the same column with the same letter are not significantly different ( ≤ 0.05). A1: Ajloun sour cultivar, D1: Deir Abi Said sour cultivar, k1: Kufur Soum sour cultivar, A2: Ajloun sweet cultivar, D2: Deir Abi Said sweet cultivar, k2: Kufur Soum sweet cultivar.