Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 453-459Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2014.3189
Keywords
polyphenols; functional components; antioxidant effects; bamboo extract; flavonoids
Funding
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LQ13C200006, LY14C200007]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81102861, 81374048, 31470793]
- Zhejiang Provincial Scientific Innovation of University Students [2013R415015]
- National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the 12th Five-year Plan Period of China [2011BAD23B02]
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This study was designed to detect characteristic compounds and evaluate the free radical scavenging capacity of the bamboo leaves extract and bamboo shavings extract (BSE). The antioxidant capacity of bamboo leaf n-butanol fraction (AOB) exhibited the highest total phenolic content (49.93%), total flavonoids content (24.11%), and characteristic flavonoids and phenolic acids, such as chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, orientin, homoorientin, vitexin, and isovitexin. Available data obtained with in vitro models suggested that AOB had higher free radical scavenging capacity with IC50 values of 1.04, 4.48, 5.37, and 1.12 mu g/mL on DPPH center dot, O-2(center dot-), (OH)-O-center dot, and H2O2, respectively, than the other two extracts, bamboo leaf water extract and BSE. The results indicated that the extracts from different parts of the bamboo possess excellent antioxidant activity, which can be used potentially as a readily accessible and valuable bioactive source of natural antioxidants.
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