Table 4. Phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamin C, and DPPH radical scavenging activity of osmotically extracted syrup from peel of Citrus junos in relation to freezing pretreatment

Freezing pretreatment
Non-frozen −20°C −70°C
Phenolic compounds (mg/100 g) 752.44±26.77a1) 714.23±25.04a 725.80±19.64a
Flavonoids (mg/100 g) 152.75±1.05a 178.24±16.99a 176.34±13.18a
Vitamin C (mg/100 g) 259.38±20.53a 170.59±44.88b 191.38±29.29b
DPPH radical scavenging activity (%) 39.79±4.81a 13.45±0.17c 21.05±0.36b
Values represent the mean±standard deviation (n=3). Means within each row followed by different letters are significantly different at p<0.05.