“…The chloroform extracts of fruit exhibited higher flavonoid content (21.33 g RE/100 g extract) compared to the other solvent extracts. Previous reports from the other berry fruits such as blackberry, highbush blueberries, murta, calafate, arrayán, chequén, and meli contained lower amount of phenolics and flavonoid compounds when compared to fruits of M. indica (Ramirez et al 2015). Polyphenols (phenolics, tannins and flavonoids), extensively dispersed in plants have gained much attention due to their anti-mutagenic, antitumor, antioxidant, anti-diabetic, and free radical scavenging abilities which potentially have beneficial implications for human health (Davis et al 2009).…”