Fig. 4. Effects of the inoculum on the free radical scavenging activities of cascara kombucha expressed by DPPH (A), and ABTS (B). Data are presented as the means of triplicate analysis±SD. Lowercase letters (a-e) indicate significant differences between groups according to Duncan’s test (P<0.05). CFS, cell-free supernatants; SCOBY, symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast; SK, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Komagataeibacter rhaeticus; SK Multi-Lab, S. cerevisiae, K. rhaeticus and mixture of Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Weizmannia coagulans, and Lactobacillus brevis; SKLR, S. cerevisiae, K. rhaeticus, and L. rhamnosus; SKW, S. cerevisiae, K. rhaeticus, and W. coagulans; SKLB, S. cerevisiae, K. rhaeticus, and L. brevis.

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