Table 2. Antioxidant activity of steamed and un-steamed Fiji taro corm extracts

Sample	Solvent	DPPH¹⁾ radicalscavenging activity (%)	FRAP radicalscavenging activity(mM TE)	ABTS radicalscavenging activity (%)
Steamed Fiji taro corm extracts	Ethanol	27.23±2.58^b²⁾	260.32±16.57^b	46.86±2.38^b
	Methanol	34.82±2.91^a	339.08±20.50^a	56.34±3.54^a
	Water	14.12±3.13^d	153.51±14.92^c^d	23.36±0.16^d
Un-steamed Fiji taro corm extracts	Ethanol	18.09±1.40^c^d	179.41±10.81^c	37.89±0.87^c
	Methanol	24.37±4.23^b^c	224.72±13.24^b	42.33±0.31^b^c
	Water	13.12±3.42^d	115.57±12.11^d	18.10±1.78^d

¹⁾DPPH, 1,1-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; FRAP, ferric ion reducing antioxidant power; ABTS, 2,2-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid.
²⁾Values are mean±SD (n=3). Values with different superscript (a, b, c, and d) within the same column are significantly different (p<0.05).