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JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE
Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 84-90Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2012.10.002
Keywords
Specific surface; Ferulic acid; Antioxidant activity; Wheat bran
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- Chercheur d'Avenir (Region Languedoc-Roussillon)
- French National Education Ministery
- Agropolis Fondation
- OCDE
- AFFRST
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In order to study the influence of wheat bran particle size on its antioxidant capacity, the wheat bran was ground under normal and cryogenic conditions with variable intensity to produce ten fractions with different physical structures. The high energy grinding increased 3-fold the specific surface of the bran fractions and also the proportion of particles smaller than 50 mu m assimilated to the proportion of disrupted aleurone cells. All the ground bran fractions presented similar total ferulic acid concentration and chemical form (free, conjugated, linked). A positive effect of the grinding on the antioxidant capacity of the bran fractions was noticed. The antioxidant capacity increased from 30 to 45 mmol TEAC/kg when the specific surface increased from 0.09 to 0.26-030 m(2)/g. The antioxidant capacity of the bran fractions was linearly correlated with the specific surface, with the D-50 values and with the proportion of particles smaller than 50 mu m. In in vitro gastric conditions, the finely ground bran inhibited the accumulation of conjugated dienes more efficiently than coarse bran. In conclusion, the bran structure affects its antioxidant capacity. This effect remained in gastric conditions showing that grinding can be used to produce wheat bran fractions with higher nutritional value. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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