Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 112, Issue 4, Pages 903-908Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.06.066
Keywords
Vaccinium corymbosum; Vaccinium myrtillus; Polypoenols; DPPH; FRAP; Amperometric method
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Four varieties of cultivated blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) and a wild crop (Vaccinium miyrtillus) originating form the Modena region in Italy (Mirtillo nero dell'Appennino Modenese) and protected by the mark of origin, were examined in order to determine their antioxidant activity as related to their phenolic composition. The antioxidant activity was measured as radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing activity. and by an amperometric method; the total phenolics and total anthocyanins were determined by colorimetric methods: individual anthocyanins were evaluated by HPLC. Results showed that total phenolics and total anthocyanin concentrations were, respectively two fold and three fold higher in the wild fruits, which also had a higher anthocyanin-to-total phenolic ratio. Determination of individual anthocyanins put in evidence some differences between the cultivated and wild varieties, in particular the absence of acylated anthocyanins in wild blueberries. The antioxidant activity was Much higher in wild blueberries than in the cultivated ones, and it was more related to the total phenolic rather that to the anthocyanin concentration. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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