Department of Food and Nutrition, Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Article
Red Grapes Conferring an Excellent Array of Phytonutrients to Consumers
Author(s): Iqra Saeed*, Masood Sadiq Butt, Muhammad Jawad Iqbal and Muhammad Nadeem
Red grapes are grown from the ancient times for culinary, religious and traditional purposes. In current study red grapes were screened using antioxidant analysis through the determination of Total Phenolic Content (TPC), total flavonoids, free radical scavenging ability (DPPH assay), Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) and β-carotene antioxidant activity, which was 1876.62 ± 92.02 mg GAE/100 g, 489.12 ± 15.45 mg/100 g, 75.09 ± 6.44%, 72.32 ± 3.61% and 43.24 ± 2.15 mg TE/g, respectively. The obtained data for each parameter were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis... View more»