Research Article

Antioxidant Activity of Three Honey Samples in relation with Their Biochemical Components

Table 4

Antioxidant activity of honey samples.

Honey    aDPPH
(mg AAE/100 g honey)
bEC50    cFRAP
(mg TE/100 g honey)
dCBI (%)Kinetic equation of CBI (Kinetic equation)
Mean eSD(mg/mL)Mean eSD

Tualang9.6500.57048.89652.3865.19235.81 = −8.94 × 10−5 + 1.31 × 10−20.868
Gelam50.1695.54115.68182.5295.03267.41 = −4.54 × 10−5 + 1.23 × 10−20.858
Acacia29.9836.06429.84682.3865.93074.66 = −3.53 × 10−5 + 8.20 × 10−30.812

a1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl scavenging activity in milligram of ascorbic acid equivalent in a 100 g of honey.
b50% scavenging activity of ascorbic acid was 8.611 µg/mL.
cFerric reducing/antioxidant power in milligram of Trolox equivalent in a 100 g of honey.
d -carotene bleaching inhibition of butylated hydroxytoluene was 81.54%.
eStandard deviation of triplicate assay.