## 2 Results and Discussion
### Total Phenolics Content (TPC) and Antioxidant Activity (AA)
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Compound**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**RI 1**1**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Normalized Peak Area \%**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Identification 2**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{5-8}  & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**0 h**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**24 h**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**First Week**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Fourth Week**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Fourth Week**} \\ \cline{2-8} \cline{10-11}  & & & **FP** & **NFP** & **FP** & **NFP** & **FP** & **NFP** \\ \hline
2-Hexanone & 784 & \(1.1\pm 0.1\) & \(1.7\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(\mathrm{MS}\), RI \\
2-Hepanone & 893 & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(<\)0.1 & \(0.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(<\)0.1 & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\
3-Heptanone & 887 & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(<\)0.1 & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\
4-Methyl2-heptanone & 939 & \(145\pm 1.4\) & \(131\pm 0.3\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.9\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(2.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(\mathrm{MS}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\
6-Methyl5-Hepten2-one & 990 & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \(0.4\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.8\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\
2-Nonanone & 1094 & \(<\)0.1 & \(0.7\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ \hline
**Estees** & & & & & & & & & \\ Methyl acetate & 494 & \(1.5\pm 0.2\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ Ethyl acetate & 560 & \(2.7\pm 0.4\) & \(2.8\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(2.8\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.2\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(1.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ \(n\)-Propyl acetate & 711 & \(0.6\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.9\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(-0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.9\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ Ethyl propagate & 709 & \(<\)0.1 & \(1.0\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(-0.1\) & \(1.0\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ Isobutyl acetate & 765 & \(1.2\pm 0.3\) & \(1.3\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.7\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \(0.5\pm 0.1\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) & \({}^{\mathrm{a}\mathrm{b}}\) \\ \(2 Regarding the antioxidant activity (AA) of fermented pomegranate beverage, the results are presented in Figure 1. Initial AA of the freshly prepared pomegranate beverage was about 121 \(\pm\) 10 mg TE/100 mL. In all the time periods, AA of FP was statistically significantly higher compared to the AA of NFP (Figure 1). Likewise, AA seemed to have a similar asset as TPC.