Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 94, Issue 3, Pages 406-414Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.11.036
Keywords
Pinus pinaster; thiolysis; procyanidins; fractionation; HPLC
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Pinus pinaster extract is a polyphenol-rich food supplement containing diverse types of flavonoids. The latter are known to have strong antiradical activity and thus different beneficial effects on human health. A 2 3 experimental design was performed to study the effect of temperature, contact time and liquid-solid ratio on the ethanol extraction efficiency. High values of phenol yields (17.0 +/- 0.00 eq. g gallic acid/l) and antiradical activity (85.6 +/- 3.94 DPPH inhibition percentage) were detected at 50 degrees C (values varied between 25 and 50 degrees C), at 90 min (between 30 and 90 min) and at a 5:1 liquid-solid ratio (between 5:1 and 10: 1). A subsequent HPLC analysis allowed identification of the phenols occurring in the extracts. Previously, an aqueous extract (A), and another one soluble in both water and ethyl acetate (OW), were obtained after fractionation and subjection to thiolysis. The main monophenols detected were catechin > epicatechin in the A fraction and dihydroquercetin > catechin > epicatechin in the OW one. In the former fraction, the average degree of polymerization ((DPn) over bar) of procyanidins was 7.0, while only oligomer phenols with (DPn) over bar = 3.0 were found in the OW fraction. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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