The ABTS cation radical scavenging activity from various vinegar drinks is also shown in Table 6. Masinoa et al. (28)
also measured anti-oxidative activity in 19 types of balsamic vinegar, reporting results between 14.5 and 58.2 mM.
In our study, the BV displayed the highest antioxidant activity of 10.98%, and HV had the lowest value of 1.56%.
Morimitsu et al. (27) likewise reported values of 6.57% for vitamin C and 23.49% for tannic acid using a similar method.
Thus the BV and BLV showed a superior antioxidizing effect compared to vitamin C. These results are in line with those of total phenol content, similar to those
of Lee et al. (15).
Taken together, these results suggest that the polyphenol content is the most strongly implicated in the antioxidant effects of fruit based vinegar drinks.
DPPH radical scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity were used to evaluate antioxidant effect of various vinegars.