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Table 5 DPPH activities of different extracts of mushroom species (IC50 = mg/mL)

From: Comparison of nutritional composition, bioactivities, and FTIR- ATR microstructural properties of commercially grown four mushroom species in Sri Lanka; Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Calocybe sp. (MK-white), Ganoderma lucidum

Sample

DPPH in water

DPPH in 65% ethanol

DPPH in 80% ethanol

G. lucidum

1.15 ± 0.04c

0.28 ± 0.07c

0.45 ± 0.04c

A. bisporus

1.21 ± 0.12c

0.45 ± 0.04c

1.20 ± 0.06b

P. ostreatus

2.21 ± 0.12b

3.17 ± 0.08b

4.34 ± 0.18a

Calocybe sp.

8.18 ± 0.08a

4.28 ± 0.15a

4.21 ± 0.11a

  1. Values are expressed as mean values ± SD (n = 3). Means with different superscript letters according to mushroom species within a column are significantly different (p < 0.05)