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JOURNAL OF FOOD MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 113-121Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11694-014-9171-x
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Peppermint (Mentha piperita); Antioxidant activity; Alcoholic extract; Phenol; Flavonoid; Anthocyanin
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Peppermint (Mentha piperita) has long been regarded as a food and medicinal plant. At the present work, the antioxidant activity of the methanol, ethanol and methanol/ethanol (1: 1) extracts of leaf fraction through various in vitro models was investigated in Iranian peppermints for the first time. Total phenol, flavonoid and anthocyanin contents were also determined. Our results showed the alcoholic extracts had different responses with different antioxidant methods. The methanol extract had maximum phenol content (3.57 +/- 0.26 g Gallic acid/100 g Peppermint powder) and showed best superoxide radical (47.05 +/- 0.85 %) and hydrogen peroxide (91.05 +/- 1.50 %) scavenging activities. The methanol/ethanol (1: 1) extract had maximum flavonoid (3.33 +/- 0.12 g quercetin/100 g Peppermint powder) and anthocyanin contents (1.74 +/- 0.21 g/100 g Peppermint powder) and showed best DPPH radical scavenging activity (82.82 +/- 2.57 %, IC50 = 10.02 +/- 0.63 mg/mL) as well as ferric reducing power (184.22 +/- 14.10 lmol/100 g Peppermint powder). The ethanol extract only showed the highest nitric oxide radical scavenging activity (80.13 +/- 7.12 %). Chlorogenic acid, rutin, and caffeic acid were found by HPLC analysis of the main phenolic components. These results show, Peppermint alcoholic extracts can be used as a natural antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress in human beings and as a possible food supplement or in pharmaceutical applications.
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