The Role of Polyphenols, 𝜷-Carotene, and Lycopene in the Antioxidative Action of the Extracts of Dried, Edible Mushrooms

Table 4

The correlation between the concentrations of antioxidants and TEAC/reducing power.

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	TEAC	Reducing power
Total phenolics (aqueous extract)	0.95±0.02^d	0.92±0.03^d
Total phenolics (methanolic extract)	0.98±0.01^d	0.93±0.03^d
Flavonoids (aqueous extract)	0.68±0.11^b	0.57±0.14^a
Flavonoids (methanolic extract)	0.58±0.14^d	0.45±0.17^b
β-carotene (aqueous extract)	−0.27 ± 0.19	−0.09 ± 0.21
β-carotene (methanolic extract)	0.28 ± 0.19	0.25 ± 0.20
Lycopene (aqueous extract)	−0.16 ± 0.20	−0.23 ± 0.20
Lycopene (methanolic extract)	0.41±0.17^a	0.10 ± 0.21

The Pearson correlation coefficient between TEAC/reducing power and the concentration of antioxidants was calculated and tested with Student’s 𝑡-test: a 𝑃≤.05, b 𝑃≤.01, c 𝑃≤.005, and d𝑃≤.001