Table 2 Anti-oxidation activities of the ethanol extracts of Salicornia europaea prepared by different dry methods

Samples	Radical scavenging activity1) (%)			Reducing power (0.5 mg/mL)
	DPPH	ABTS	Nitrite
	Freeze drying	2.8±0.7^a2)	21.7±2.7^a		41.1±1.9^a	0.041±0.001^a
Hot-air drying	-2.5±3.8^a	21.3±0.6^a	42.9±1.6^a	0.079±0.001^b
Shade drying	-0.7±4.0^a	28.1±1.4^b	17.2±2.3^b	-0.009±0.001^c

Radical scavenging activity: The concentrations used for DPPH and ABTS scavenging activity assay, and nitrite scavenging activity assay were 0.5 mg/mL and 0.2 mg/mL, respectively.
Different superscripts within a column differ significantly (p<0.05).