Table 6. ABTS radical scavenging ability of aronia stored at different storage temperatures

(%)

Storage temp (℃) Storage time(week) Concentration (μg aronia extract/mL)
12.5 25 50 100
Fresh (initial) 32.8±1.2fA 51.3±3.8fB 60.2±5.2fC 71.2±5.5fD
4 4 8.0±3.3bA 24.4±2.7aB 40.4±2.3aC 58.4±4.4eD
8 7.0±2.3bA 23.8±2.9cB 32.6±1.7cC 46.9±3.5dD
12 6.5±1.3bA 19.2±1.8bB 26.9±1.1bC 36.3±2.8cD
16 4.4±1.2abA 18.6±1.3bB 20.7±1.0abC 24.4±2.4bD
20 2.2±0.5aA 7.6±1.1aB 17.1±1.8aC 17.8±2.3aC
-20 4 21.9±2.5eA 35.0±3.6deB 54.8±4.9efC 62.7±4.7efD
8 17.4±1.7dA 29.7±2.9dB 50.0±5.2eC 55.2±4.8eD
12 11.1±1.5cA 25.6±2.6cB 47.3±4.9eC 47.1±3.8dC
16 7.8±3.1bA 20.8±2.1bB 37.1±1.2cdC 41.2±2.2cdD
20 3.4±1.6aA 17.1±1.2bB 33.6±1.8cC 40.2±2.9cdD
-80 4 31.4±3.6fA 49.1±3.8fB 58.8±5.2fC 68.4±5.4fD
8 30.1±2.5fA 47.8±3.9eB 57.6±3.9efC 67.2±5.6efD
12 28.2±2.6eA 43.9±2.7eB 55.7±3.7efC 65.9±2.7efD
16 27.8±3.7eA 43.1±3.2eB 55.6±2.3efC 65.7±2.8efD
20 25.7±3.3eA 41.0±2.5eB 53.5±3.6efC 65.6±2.2efD
Data were the mean±SD of triplicate experiment.
a-fMeans with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05.
A-DMeans with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05.