The following assays were carried out to evaluate the antioxi-dant activity of the sample: DPPH radical-scavenging activity andreducing power, both performed with a microplate reader (ELX800Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc; Winooski, VT, USA) at 515 and 690 nm,respectively, and -carotene bleaching inhibition and thiobarbi-turic acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay, both performed ina spectrophotometer (AnalytikJena, Jena, Germany) at 470 and532 nm, respectively