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Klimczak2002 Fenolicos Tabla
Klimczak2002 Fenolicos Tabla
Klimczak2002 Fenolicos Tabla
184 Nahrung/Food 46 (2002) No. 3, pp. 184 – 186 i WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, 69469 Weinheim 2002 0027-769X/2002/0305-0184$17.50+.50/0
Antioxidant activity of amaranth seeds
Table 1. Antioxidant activity of ethanolic extracts from amaranth seeds in model emulsion system (b-carotene-linoleic acid)
Amaranthus paniculatus
Control 100 63.12a 36.29a 19.41a 11.76a 7.49a 4.53a
+0.01% A.p. 100 91.00b 82.00b 74.55b 67.75b 62.40b 57.45b
+0.02% A.p. 100 92.28bc 85.33b 80.50c 75.90c 72.48c 69.40c
+0.05% A.p. 100 96.74c 93.65c 90.70d 88.45d 86.43d 84.70d
+0.1% A.p. 100 97.00c 96.30c 94.15d 92.05de 90.20de 88.60d
+0.02% BHA 100 97.00c 96.60c 96.20d 95.90e 95.60e 95.60e
Amaranthus caudatus
Control 100 63.12a 36.29a 19.41a 11.76a 7.49a 4.53a
+0.01% A.c. 100 92.00b 83.00b 75.15b 67.55b 61.70b 56.05b
+0.02% A.c. 100 95.00b 89.95bc 86.10c 82.35c 79.00c 75.85c
+0.05% A.c. 100 96.20b 94.30c 93.30cd 91.85d 90.45d 88.91d
+0.1% A.c. 100 97.66b 96.69c 96.02d 95.71d 94.65d 94.12d
+0.02% BHA 100 97.00b 96.60c 96.20d 95.90d 95.60d 95.60d
a, b, c, d, e: values within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P a 0.05).
Antioxidant activity measured by changes in absorbance values at 470 nm. Absorbances of the samples at beginning of the experiments were set
at 100%.
Table 2. Content of free phenolic acids in amaranth seeds obtained [3] Budin, J. T., Breene, W. M., Putnam, D. H., J. Am. Oil Chem.
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(lg/g seeds) (lg/g seeds) [5] Głowniak, K., Zgórka, G., Kozyra, M., J. Chromatogr. A 1996,
730, 25–29.
Gallic acid 40.64 l 1.1 – [6] Hegnauer, R., Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bd. 8. Birkhäuser
Protocatechuic acid 100.92 l 8.7a 4.65 l 0.4b Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin 1989.
p-Hydroxybenzoic acid 15.62 l 1.3a 20.89 l 0.8b [7] Jahaniaval, F., Kakuda, Y., Marcone, M. F., J. Am. Oil Chem.
Caffeic acid 51.67 l 0.45a 55.79 l 0.96b Soc. 2000, 77, 847–852.
p-Coumaric acid (8) 43.57 l 0.9a 5.20 l 0.5b [8] Kähkönen, M. P., Hopia, A. I., Vuorela, H. J., Rauha, J.-P.,
Ferulic acid (9) 40.05 l 1.3a 18.41 l 0.8b Kujala, T. S., Heinonen, M., J. Agric. Food Chem. 1999, 47,
Sinapic acid (10) 0.48 l 0.1 – 3954–3962.
Salicylic acid (11) 2.65 l 0.2a 1.92 l 0.2a [9] Nordkvist, E., Salomonsson, A.-C., Aman, P., J. Sci. Food Agric.
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Further analyses of the bound phenolic compounds fractions in [14] Sokołowska-Woźniak, A., Herba Polonica 1996, 4, 86–91.
amaranth seeds are necessary. [15] Sosulski, F., Krygier, K., Hogge, L., J. Agric. Food Chem. 1982,
In conclusion, the present work indicated that ethanolic 30, 337–340.
extracts of the amaranth seeds showed appreciable antioxidant [16] Sun, H., Wiesenborn, D., Tostenson, K., Gillespie, J., Rayas-
Duarte, P., J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 1997, 74, 413–418.
activity in our model system b-carotene and linoleate; 0.05%
[17] Onyeneho, S. N., Hettiarachchy, N. S., J. Agric. Food Chem.
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applicable. The extracts showed great variation in their HPLC [18] Taga, S. M., Miller, E. E., Pratt, D. E., J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc.
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