Comparative and Correlational Evaluation of the Phytochemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Musa sinensis L. and Musa paradisiaca L. Fruit Compartments (Musaceae)

Table 2

Total polyphenolic contents of extracts.

	Samples	Phenol (mg GAE/g) R^2 = 0.9992	Proanthocyanidin (mg CE/g) R^2 = 0.9839	Flavonoid (mg QE/g) R^2 = 0.9929
Acetone	Banana flesh	119.05 ± 5.80^cd	337.48 ± 13.16^de	602.64 ± 3.65^ab
	Banana peel	128.20 ± 5.73^bc	619.39 ± 21.88^a	734.52 ± 32.55^a
	Plantain flesh	114.80 ± 1.49^de	436.09 ± 36.44^c	777.35 ± 150.95^a
	Plantain peel	136.87 ± 5.69^b	530.06 ± 53.51^b	750.87 ± 55.61^a
Aqueous	Banana flesh	43.83 ± 1.13^h	−48.84 ± 8.19^g	−59.57 ± 3.01^e
	Banana peel	47.68 ± 2.14^h	−55.22 ± 1.88^g	−42.01 ± 1.19^de
	Banana boiled peel extract	97.05 ± 3.60^f	−11.14 ± 2.46^g	418.35 ± 427.26^bc
	Plantain peel	83.32 ± 4.38^g	−23.90 ± 8.90^g	17.64 ± 3.01^de
	Plantain flesh	17.41 ± 0.17^i	−79.00 ± 8.52^g	−55.62 ± 2.07^e
	Plantain boiled peel extract	114.23 ± 4.58^de	−33.18 ± 1.88^g	83.58 ± 34.16^de
Ethanol	Banana flesh	107.41 ± 4.67^ef	274.83 ± 16.38^e	501.20 ± 50.95^abc
	Banana peel	157.19 ± 4.76^a	446.53 ± 87.39^c	582.35 ± 0.69^ab
	Plantain flesh	75.14 ± 0.55^g	68.33 ± 7.42^f	249.27 ± 13.33^cd
	Plantain peel	133.42 ± 8.18^b	405.35 ± 18.51^cd	641.53 ± 14.76^ab

Banana (M. sinensis); plantain (M. paradisiaca). Significantly different means () not sharing the same letter.