Table 3.
Total phenolic, total flavonoid contents and ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) of extracts from Aronia melanocarpa

Extraction solvent	Total phenolic (TA1) mg/g)	Total flavonoid (rutin mg/g)	ORAC (µM TE/g FW)
hot water	80.14±0.69b2)	56.98±2.64b	715.66±12.99b
50% ethanol	121.38±2.12a	104.58±0.93a	768.15±17.83a
50% methanol	122.43±1.42a	104.19±1.36a	780.77±34.70a

TA, tannic acid
Means±SD (n=3) within each column (a-b) followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05)