Table 1. Summary of all results for mushroom types in different solvent extraction
Solvents Samples Total phenolic content Total flavonoid content
(mg quercetin equivalents/ (mg gallic acid equivalents/
g of dry weight) g of dry weight)
60% Ethanol Brazilian 12.50 ± 0.22b 5.36 ± 0.20c
Button 10.25 ± 0.22a 1.75 ± 0.26a
Aqueous Brazilian 15.79 ± 0.25c 3.37 ± 0.17b
Button 21.47 ± 0.48d 1.36 ± 0.11a
Each value is expressed as means ± standard deviation (n = 3). Means with different letters are significantly different within each assay at the level of p < 0.05.
Table 2. Summary of all results for mushroom types in different solvent extraction
Solvents Samples Ferric Reducing Antioxidant DPPH radical scavenging assay
Power Assay (μmol Fe2+ equivalents/ (EC50 value, mg/ml)
g dry weight)
60% Ethanol Brazilian 107.24 ± 2.19b 1.67 ± 0.21a
Button 84.69 ± 3.07a 2.77 ± 0.25b
Aqueous Brazilian 158.77 ± 2.8c 3.80 ± 0.72c
Button 186.72 ± 2.84d 4.57 ± 0.40c
Each value is expressed as means ± standard deviation (n = 3). Means with different letters are significantly different within each assay at the level of p < 0.05.