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  • 1 Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800 Malaysia
J Food Sci Technol, 2012 Aug;49(4):510-4.
PMID: 23904662 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-011-0435-8

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the effects of sonication treatments (time intervals of 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 min.) on phenolics and other antioxidant compounds in starfruits extracted in methanol and water. Overall, methanolic extracts exhibited significantly higher extractability, percentage inhibition of DPPH radicals, ferric reducing antioxidant property (FRAP) value, antioxidant capacity, flavonoids, total phenolics and tannins (p 

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