Table 2 Antioxidant capacity of chicken meat estimated by Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and other in vitro assays.

From: An attempt to valorize the only black meat chicken breed of India by delineating superior functional attributes of its meat

Antioxidant assay/genotypes

ORAC (µM TE/g of tissue)

FRAP (mM Fe2+/g of tissue)

CUPRAC (mM TE/g of tissue)

ABTS (% inhibition)

DPPH (% inhibition)

MCA (% inhibition)

Breast

Cobb Broiler

748.56 ± 7.48a

15.24 ± 0.40a

9 ± 0.24a

43.78 ± 1.47a

70.56 ± 0.59a

53.63 ± 1.79a

Kadaknath

804.01 ± 9.37b

26.97 ± 0.37b

12.76 ± 0.35b

52.72 ± 1.42b

73.26 ± 0.70b

62.71 ± 0.99b

Thigh

Cobb Broiler

762.82 ± 9.19a

19.20 ± 0.31a

7.15 ± 0.24a

29.62 ± 1.27a

63.46 ± 0.56a

75.07 ± 0.98a

Kadaknath

810.80 ± 6.29b

33.85 ± 0.47b

8.76 ± 0.22b

30.14 ± 1.00a

66.75 ± 0.55b

80.75 ± 0.95b

  1. (Values are mean ± SEM (n = 20). Values with different superscripts within same column differ for P < 0.05.
  2. FRAP Ferric ion reducing antioxidant power, CUPRAC Cupric reducing antioxidant power, ABTS 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), DPPH 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, MCA Metal chelation activity50).