Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 115, Issue 2, Pages 456-461Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.029
Keywords
Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Carnosic acid; Polyphenols; Rosemary; Rosmarinic acid; Synergism
Funding
- National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion, Argentina [35401]
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Research
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Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of a methanol rosemary extract (RE) containing 30% carnosic acid (CA), 16% carnosol (COH) and 5% rosmarinic acid (RA) was studied in vitro alone and in combination with the antioxidant food additives butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). The antioxidant efficiency of the extract, CA, and RA, was determined by a kinetic analysis of the 2,2-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl hydrate radical (DPPH.) scavenging activity. RE showed two different rate slopes in the reduction of DPPH vs. time curve, which correlated with the distinct behaviours of RA and CA; pure RA reached the plateau more rapidly than CA. A synergistic antioxidant effect between RE and BHT was demonstrated by isobolographic analysis and a synergistic interaction of RE with BHA to inhibit Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus growth was observed. Therefore, rosemary not only enhances the antioxidant efficiency of BHA and BHT, but also the antibacterial effect of BHA; allowing a decrease from 4.4 to 17 folds in the amounts of the synthetic compounds used. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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