The free radical scavenging activity of the fresh-cut
mango cubes with DPPH method showed an increase in antioxidant
activity with all the treatments used in this study (Fig. 2b).
Statistical analysis revealed that AAeCAeCa, SAS and IR-5 treatments
increased the antioxidant properties significantly (p 0.05)
compared to control. Storage time did not show a significant
change in antioxidant capacity as the time lapsed in control and
treated samples. The control sample showed a DPPH value of
0.19mmol TE/100 g FW, which marginally increased with the given
IR-5 treatment and varied from 0.17 to 0.33 m mol TE/100 g FW.
During storage, the antioxidant properties remained fairly constant
in the treated samples. The free radical scavenging activity (DPPH)
was shown to vary from 0.46 to 2.93mmol TE/l in mango extract by