Physico-chemical and antioxidant properties of barberry juice powder and its effervescent tablets

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 4 Physico-chemical and functional properties of barberry effervescent tablets

Sample	Hardness (N)	Disintegration time (min)	Phenolic content (mg GAE/100 g)	Antioxidant activity (%)	Anthocyanin (mg/100g)
BP50%	40 ± 1.12^b	1.02	61.36 ± 2.08^b	85.11 ± 2.55^c	24.31 ± 0.89^c
BP60%	39 ± 2.25^b	2.66	67.45 ± 2.89^a	91.79 ± 2.87^b	25.73 ± 2.34^b
BP70%	45 ± 3.48^a	4.03	70.66 ± 2.80^a	101.23 ± 3.84^a	30.32 ± 1.89^a

Different letters of each column show a significant difference at the level of p ≤ 0.05