This showed that aqueous extract had better antioxidant capacities than ethanol extract in both types of mushrooms.
Both types of solvent extraction were chosen because the antioxidant capacities of plant samples may be influenced by a lot of factors, such as the extraction solvent and test systems used (Fu et al., 2010). In addition, it is important to use different types of solvent extraction as natural antioxidants are multifunctional.