“…The r values between proanthocyanidins and DPPH, ABTS, FRAP and CUPRAC were 0.75, 0.52, 0.51 and 0.61 (P < 0.01), respectively, indicating that proanthocyanidins have a lower contribution to the antioxidant activity of lemon pomace compared with the TPC and TF (Table 5). These results are supported by previous studies, which indicated that TPC had close correlation with antioxidant character and was the major contributor to the antioxidant properties of citrus extracts, because of their potential electron donor capacity, due to the usual presence of multiple hydroxyl groups (Lagha-Benamrouche & Madani, 2013;Shofinita et al, 2015). In contrast, Ghasemi et al (2009) reported no correlation *Significance at P < 0.05, **Significance at P < 0.01, ***Significance at P < 0.001; b₀: Intercept; b1, b2 and b3: Linear regression coefficients for temperature, time and ratio; b12, b13 and b23: Regression coefficients for interaction between temperature 9 time, temperature 9 ratio and time 9 ratio; b11, b22 and b33: Quadratic regression coefficients for temperature 9 temperature, time 9 time and ratio 9 ratio.…”