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Table 2 Concentrations of total polyphenols, flavonoids, and non-flavonoids as well as antioxidant capacity via ORAC and FRAP analyses

From: Antibacterial activities and antioxidant capacity of Aloe vera

Compound

LGE (dry mass)

LGE (wet mass)

ELGE (expressed as dry mass ELGE)

ELGE (expressed as dry mass LGE)

ELGE (expressed as wet mass LGE)

Total polyphenols (mg of GAE/100 g ± SD)

78.2 ± 4.03

2.70 ± 0.14

413 ± 9.88

26.8 ± 0.63

0.93 ± 0.02

Total flavonoids (mg of CE/100 g ± SD)

5.3 ± 0.38

0.19 ± 0.01

33.6 ± 1.98

2.15 ± 0.13

0.08 ± 0.003

Total non-flavonoids (by calculation)

73.7 ± 0.43

2.55 ± 0.22

378 ± 6.78

24.5 ± 1.5

0.86 ± 0.02

ORAC, hydrophilic (í mol of TE/g)

53 ± 1.1

1.81 ± 0.04

136 ± 2.3

8.83 ± 0.16

0.30 ± 0.006

ORAC, lipophilic (í mol of TE/g)

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ORAC, total (í mol of TE/g)

53 ± 1.1

1.81 ± 0.04

136 ± 2.3

8.83 ± 0.16

0.30 ± 0.006

FRAP (í mol/g)

4.9 ± 0.25

0.17 ± 0.07

19.0 ± 0.3

1.21 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.001

  1. Concentrations of total polyphenols, flavonoids, and non-flavonoids as well as antioxidant capacity via oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) analyses in lyophilized aloe ferox leaf gel (LGE) and 95% ethanol leaf gel extracts (ELGE). ND, not detected.