Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Malaysian honeys produced by Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera

Table 5 Correlation matrix showing the interrelation among phenolics, flavonoids, DPPH scavenging, Ferric reducing-antioxidant power assay (FRAP), ascorbic acid, proline, Absorbance at 450 nm (ABS ₄₅₀ ) and protein

	Phenolics	Flavonoids	DPPH	FRAP	Ascorbic acid	Proline	ABS₄₅₀	Protein
Phenolics	1.000	0.989**	0.804**	0.914**	0.411	0.390	0.960**	0.997**
Flavonoids	0.989**	1.000	0.782**	0.848**	0.512	0.274	0.915**	0.991**
DPPH	0.804**	0.848**	1.000	0.712**	0.598*	0.131	0.840**	0.834**
FRAP	0.914**	0.848**	0.712**	1.000	0.056	0.719**	0.964**	0.889**
Ascorbic acid	0.411	0.512	0.598*	0.056	1.000	0.621*	0.267	0.471
Proline	0.390	0.274	0.131	0.719**	0.621*	1.000	0.530	0.329
ABS₄₅₀	0.960**	0.915**	0.840**	0.964**	0.267	0.530	1.000	0.953**
Protein	0.997**	0.991**	0.834**	0.889**	0.471	0.329	0.953**	1.000

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

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