Antioxidant activity and total phenolic compounds of myrtle extracts
Actividad antioxidante y contenido de compuestos fenólicos totales en extractos de myrtus

Figures & data

Table 1. Total phenolic content (as mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g of extract) in different extracts of M. communis.
Tabla 1. Contenido fenólico total (como mg equivalentes de ácido gálico (GAE)/g de extracto) en diferentes extractos de M. communis.

Plant extracts	Total phenolic (mg GAE/g of extract)
	Leaves	Berries
Methanol	31.25 ± 0.00bx	14.68 ± 0.44by
Ethanol	29.00 ± 0.53cx	9.00 ± 0.17cy
Ethyl acetate	10.81 ± 1.14dx	7.81 ± 1.32dy
Water	35.56 ± 0.61ax	15.75 ± 0.70ay
Notes: a–d, means within a column with different letters are significantly different (P <0.05).x–y, means within a row with different letters are significantly different (P <0.05).Average±standard deviation.
Notas: a–d, medias dentro de una columna con letras diferentes son significativamente diferentes (P < 0,05).
x–y, medias dentro de una fila con letras diferentes son significativamente diferentes (P < 0,05).
Media ± desviación standard.

Table 2. Total flavonoids (as mg rutin equivalents (RE)/g of extract) in different extracts of M. communis.
Tabla 2. Contenido total de flavonoides (como mg equivalentes de rutina (RE)/g de extracto) en diferentes extractos de M. communis.

Plant extracts	Total flavonoids (mg RE /g of extract)
	Leaves	Berries
Methanol	129.96 ± 2.49ax	52.03 ± 1.73ay
Ethanol	77.30 ± 0.83cx	30.15 ± 2.72cy
Ethyl acetate	21.97 ± 1.52dx	21.37 ± 0.23dx
Water	91.93 ± 3.54bx	46.31 ± 0.80by
Notes: a–d, means within a column with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).x–y, means within a row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).Average±standard deviation.
Notas: a–d, medias dentro de una columna con letras diferentes son significativamente diferentes (P < 0,05).
x–y, medias dentro de una fila con letras diferentes son significativamente diferentes (P < 0,05).
Media ± desviación standard.

Table 3. Antioxidant activity (as mM trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC)/g extract) of different extracts of M. communis.
Tabla 3. Actividad antioxidante (capacidad antioxidante de mM de equivalentes del Trolox/g de extracto) de diferentes extractos de M. communis.

	Antioxidant activity (TEAC mM trolox/g of extract)
	Leaves	Berries
Methanol	2594.34 ± 75.78	1889.43 ± 68.88
Ethanol	2039.80 ± 15.78	625.18 ± 68.75
Ethyl acetate	311.23 ± 18.04	307.61 ± 86.60
Water	2406.68 ± 36.86	906.66 ± 7.21
Note: Average ± standard deviation.
Nota: Media ± desviación standard.

Figure 1. ABTS⁺ radical scavenging capacity of leaf extracts of M. communis. The analyses were performed in triplicate and the results are expressed as % inhibition of the absorbance of ABTS radicals ± SD.

Figura 1. Capacidad de captación de radicales ABTS de extractos de hojas de M. communis. Los análisis se llevaron a cabo por triplicado y los resultados se expresan como % de inhibición de la absorbancia del radical ABTS ± SD.

Figure 2. ABTS⁺ radical scavenging capacity of berry extracts of M. communis. The analyses were performed in triplicate and the results are expressed as % inhibition of the absorbance of ABTS radical ± SD.

Figura 2. Capacidad de captación de radicales ABTS de extractos de frutos de M. communis. Los análisis se llevaron a cabo por triplicado y los resultados se expresan como % de inhibición de la absorbancia del radical ABTS ± SD.