These results and that one obtained by Soxhlet also do not show significant difference at
level of 5% by Tukey's test. This can be attributed to the polarity of ethanol that solubilized the polar compounds, among them phenolic compounds.
This antioxidant activity was greater than of
the synthetic antioxidant BHT (89.7 ± 0.5 ug/mL), making the
tamarind seeds extract, sweet variety, an antioxidant to be tested in
foods.
For the