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JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 446-452出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2005.12.015
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Emblica officinalis; Curcuma longa; curcumin; turmeric; antioxidant activity; phenolic acids; ascorbic acid; free radical scavenging activity; reducing power; gallic acid
The antioxidant activity of free and bound phenolics of amla (Emblica officinalis) and turmeric (Curcuma longa) was investigated. The Emhlica officinalis free (EOFP) and bound phenolics (EOBP) showed between four- to 10-fold higher levels of antioxidant activity as evaluated by both free radical scavenging and reducing power assays compared to that of Curcuma longa free (CLFP) and bound phenolics (CLBP). Higher level of antioxidant activity in E. officinalis has been attributed to the phenolic content (12.9%, w/w, correlation coefficient R = 0.74) in them. The free and bound phenolics of E. officinalis showed high content of phenolic compounds (126 and 3.0 mg/g) compared to that of C longa (29.7 and 1.6 mg/g). Gallic acid and tannic acid were identified as the major antioxidant components in phenolic fractions of E officinalis. The antioxidant activity of CLFP could be attributed to curcumin and that of CLBP to ferulic acid and p-coumaric acid. Further, the extracts of both E officinalis and C longa also exhibited significant protection to DNA against oxidative damage as evidenced by migration of DNA on the agarose gel. Our results clearly suggest the presence of potent antioxidants such as gallic acid in E officinalis and protocatechuic acid and ferulic acid in C longa, in addition to the known ascorbic acid and curcumin in E officinalis and C longa, respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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