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Table 7 FRAP radical scavenging activities of different extracts of mushroom species on DW basis (mmol Fe2+ Eq/g)

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

FRAP in water

FRAP in 65% ethanol

FRAP in 80% ethanol

G. lucidum

14.41 ± 1.04c

27.27 ± 0.74c

10.94 ± 0.71a

A. bisporus

17.81 ± 1.51b

36.19 ± 1.96b

7.26 ± 0.72b

P. ostreatus

30.32 ± 0.76a

53.17 ± 0.63a

2.83 ± 0.22c

Calocybe sp.

0.75 ± 0.08d

4.07 ± 0.23d

3.27 ± 0.23c

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