*2.6. Statistical Analyses*

The antioxidant profile data obtained for five replications were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) by using the generalized linear model (Proc GLM) command for a completely randomized experimental design and results were obtained on analysis using SAS software (version 9.2, Cary, NC, USA). The mean comparisons were performed with the least significant difference (LSD, *p* ≤ 0.05) approximation.

#### **3. Results**
