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EUROPEAN FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 230, Issue 2, Pages 353-359Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-009-1178-x
Keywords
Vicia sativa; Polyphenol extracts; Antioxidant activity; Chelating activity; Antiproliferative activity
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- Junta de Andalucia (Spain) [AGR-711]
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The metal chelating activity, antioxidant properties, and the effect on cell growth of a polyphenol extract from Vicia sativa have been investigated, and compared to those of soybean. The extracts from V. sativa seeds contained three and five times more polyphenols and flavonoids than soybean, respectively. The soybean polyphenol extracts showed higher copper and iron chelating activity than those from V. sativa, although polyphenols from V. sativa were more effective in preventing beta-carotene oxidation and showed higher reducing power and scavenging activity than soybean polyphenols. In addition, V. sativa polyphenols were toxic to THP-1 leukemic cells, as opposed to polyphenols extracted from soybean that did not show any antiproliferative activity at similar concentrations. In conclusion, V. sativa polyphenol extracts show promising antioxidant and antiproliferative activities that may be of interest from a functional point of view and for the revalorization of this ancient crop.
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