scholarly journals Terpenoids and Polyphenols as Natural Antioxidant Agents in Food Preservation

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1264
Author(s):  
Ignacio Gutiérrez-del-Río ◽  
Sara López-Ibáñez ◽  
Patricia Magadán-Corpas ◽  
Luis Fernández-Calleja ◽  
Álvaro Pérez-Valero ◽  
...  

Synthetic antioxidant food additives, such as BHA, BHT and TBHQ, are going through a difficult time, since these products generate a negative perception in consumers. This has generated an increased pressure on food manufacturers to search for safer natural alternatives like phytochemicals (such as polyphenols, including flavonoids, and essential oils rich in terpenoids, including carotenoids). These plant bioactive compounds have antioxidant activities widely proven in in vitro tests and in diverse food matrices (meat, fish, oil and vegetables). As tons of food are wasted every year due to aesthetic reasons (lipid oxidation) and premature damage caused by inappropriate packaging, there is an urgent need for natural antioxidants capable of replacing the synthetic ones to meet consumer demands. This review summarizes industrially interesting antioxidant bioactivities associated with terpenoids and polyphenols with respect to the prevention of lipid oxidation in high fat containing foods, such as meat (rich in saturated fat), fish (rich in polyunsaturated fat), oil and vegetable products, while avoiding the generation of rancid flavors and negative visual deterioration (such as color changes due to oxidized lipids). Terpenoids (like monoterpenes and carotenoids) and polyphenols (like quercetin and other flavonoids) are important phytochemicals with a broad range of antioxidant effects. These phytochemicals are widely distributed in fruits and vegetables, including agricultural waste, and are remarkably useful in food preservation, as they show bioactivity as plant antioxidants, able to scavenge reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, such as superoxide, hydroxyl or peroxyl radicals in meat and other products, contributing to the prevention of lipid oxidation processes in food matrices.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mourad Jridi ◽  
Imen Lassoued ◽  
Rim Nasri ◽  
Mohamed Ali Ayadi ◽  
Moncef Nasri ◽  
...  

Composition, functional properties, andin vitroantioxidant activities of gelatin hydrolysates prepared from cuttlefish skin were investigated. Cuttlefish skin gelatin hydrolysates (CSGHs) were obtained by treatment with crude enzyme preparations fromBacillus licheniformisNH1,Bacillus mojavensisA21,Bacillus subtilisA26, and commercial alcalase. All CSGHs had high protein contents, 74.3–78.3%, and showed excellent solubility (over 90%). CSGH obtained by alcalase demonstrated high antioxidant activities monitored byβ-carotene bleaching, DPPH radical scavenging, lipid peroxidation inhibition, and reducing power activity. Its antioxidant activity remained stable or increased in a wide range of pH (1–9), during heating treatment (100°C for 240 min) and after gastrointestinal digestion simulation. In addition, alcalase-CSGH was incorporated into turkey meat sausage to determine its effect on lipid oxidation during 35 days of storage period. At 0.5 mg/g, alcalase-CSGH delayed lipid oxidation monitored by TBARS and conjugated diene up to 10 days compared to vitamin C. The results reveal that CSGHs could be used as food additives possessing both antioxidant activity and functional properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 302 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Kullamethee Piyarach ◽  
Phumpakdee Sutham ◽  
Khong-im Pongsiri ◽  
Alqurashi Randah ◽  
Suwan Teerawan

Immature rice grains contain high bioactive compounds. Drying has been used for the food preservation and reduction of agricultural waste. This study aimed to produce the rice flake from young Thai Jasmine rice grain (light green and soft texture) using double drum dryer at 120 °C, drum rotation speed 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 rpm, and the ratios of grain to water of 1:3 1:5 and 1:7w/w. The nutritional properties of rice flake were also investigated. The results showed that increasing rotation speed gives a significant effect on the higher moisture content and water activity. Using lower water ratio with slowing down rotation speed resulted in higher brightness of the flake products including quicker dehydration. The selected optimal condition of preparing rice flake was 1:5 w/w young grain to water at 0.5 rpm drum speed. The flake contains fat, protein, carbohydrate, ash, approximately 0.004%, 6.140%, 88.686% and 0.92%, respectively. Phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of rice flake were decreased after drying. Total phenolic content of the flake was 280.931 mg GAE/g and antioxidant activities; DPPH, FRAP and ABTS were 254.158, 123.172 and 372.298 mg TE/g, respectively. Young rice flake remains a great nutritional value which has potential in the food industry.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-255
Author(s):  
Momin Khan ◽  
Umar Ali ◽  
Anis Ur Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Ibrahim ◽  
Abdul Hameed ◽  
...  

Background: The role of small molecules as antioxidants to prevent the oxidation of other molecules and inhibit them from radical formation is the area of much interest to cure disease especially cancer. Moreover, the antioxidants play important role as stabilizers to prevent oxidation of fuels and lubricants. </P><P> Methods: In the present study, fifteen tetrakis-Schiff’s bases derivatives (1-15) were synthesized and screened for their antioxidant activities. Compounds 1-15 were synthesized by continuous stirring of reaction mixture of 1,4-bis (hydrazonomethyl)benzene (1 mmol) with various substituted aromatic aldehydes (2 mmol) in distilled water using acetic acid as catalyst at room temperature for 2-10 min. </P><P> Results: Our present study showed that all compounds are better ferrous ion-chelating agents except compound 1,4-bis((E)-((E)-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazono)methyl)benzene (6) (IC50 = 329.26 &#177; 4.75 &#181;M) which has slightly low activity than the standard EDTA (IC50 = 318.40 &#177; 5.53 μM). In addition, DPPH radical scavenging activity of eleven compounds showed higher activity than the standard. However, remaining four compounds showed comparable radical scavenging activity to the standard DPPH (IC50 = 257.77 &#177; 4.60 &#181;M). </P><P> Conclusion: The series of fifteen Schiff’s bases (1-15) were synthesized and evaluated as antioxidants. From both assays, it has been demonstrated that most of the tetrakis-Schiff’s bases have potential to serve as leads for the development of antioxidant agents for future research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-321
Author(s):  
Idin Sahidin ◽  
Carla W. Sabandar ◽  
Wahyuni ◽  
Rini Hamsidi ◽  
Sandra Aulia Mardikasari ◽  
...  

Background: Marine sponges provided a great source of natural products with promising biological activity. This study was aimed to investigate the chemical constituents of methanol extracts of selected Indonesian marine sponges (Callyspongia sp., Clathria sp., Melophlus sarasinorum, and Xestospongia sp.), collected from the Saponda Islands, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia as well as to evaluate their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Methods: LCMS/MS analysis used to identify the compounds. Agar well diffusion and DPPH assays were used to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Results: Chemical screening reported alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, and saponins from all investigated sponges. The LC-MS/MS analysis identified various compounds which mainly contained steroids. Antimicrobial activity (against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, and Candida albicans) was only shown by the Xestospongia sp. extract. Meanwhile, extracts of M. sarasinorum, Xestospongia sp., and Callyspongia sp. exhibited potent radical scavenging activity. Conclusion: The study concluded that the selected sponges could provide various groups of compounds. Methanol extracts of these sponges could be used as sources of antimicrobial and antioxidant agents.


Author(s):  
Kavitha S ◽  
Parthasarathi Perumal

 Objective: The present study was undertaken to assess the α-amylase inhibitory activity and antidiabetic experimental catfish model and antioxidant properties of Piper betle L. ethanolic (PBE) extract.Methods: The phytochemical analysis of PBE extract was performed. The PBE extract was tested for their inhibitory effect on the α-amylase assay, which compared to the control, acarbose. The absorbance was read at 540 nm using a spectrophotometer, and IC50 values were calculated. In this present investigation, diabetes mellitus was induced in catfish, Clarias gariepinus by epaxial musculature injection to glucose and standard drug, Metformin hydrochloride. After 24-h incubation, the treated fishes were dissected, and the blood, liver, tissue samples, and epaxial musculature regions were collected. In addition, the antioxidant properties of PBE were determined by 2,2-diphenyl-l-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging and 2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging (ABTS) assays.Results: The phytochemical screening of PBE revealed the presence of alkaloid, flavonoids, tannins, phenol, glycosides, sterols, saponins, and quinines. Furthermore, the values of (μg/ml) 3.038 and 7.672 α-amylase enzyme inhibition were excellent activity when compared to the acarbose. Moreover, elevated the glucose level (mg/dl) was estimated in blood 1.9±0.35, liver 0.5±0.25, tissue 0.2±0.25, and epaxial musculature 0.8±0.2 after 24-h incubation. The antioxidant effect of maximum activity was found in PBE; IC50 values (μg/ml) of DPPH and ABTS were 9.362 and 6.606, respectively.Conclusions: These studies might be responsible for the P. betle L. that was used as the new source of antidiabetic and antioxidant agents. 


Food Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rohman ◽  
H. Widodo ◽  
E. Lukitaningsih ◽  
M. Rafi ◽  
Nurrulhidayah A.F. ◽  
...  

Free radicals, reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been known to contribute several degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, aging, certain types of cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, neurodegenerative, and diabetes mellitus. In order to overcome the negative effects of these radicals, some scientists have explored some natural antioxidants from plants and it's by-products. The antioxidant can be defined as any substances or samples capable of inhibiting free radical reactions in the oxidation reaction. Due to curcuminoids contained, Curcuma species such as Curcuma longa, Curcuma heyneana, Curcuma mangga, and Curcuma xanthorriza were commonly used for herbal components in some traditional medicine. Several in vitro tests been introduced and used to measure antioxidant activities, namely radical scavenging assay using 2,2’-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6 -sulfonic acid) (ABTS•+), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), ferric-thiocyanate, phosphomolybdenum method, cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity, metal chelating power, beta-carotene bleaching linoleic-ferric-thiocyanate, and thiobarbituric acid methods. This review highlighted the antioxidant activities in vitro of C. longa, C. heyneana, C. mangga, and C. xanthorriza through several tests. To perform this review, several repute databases were analyzed and used. From this review, it can be stated that Curcuma species have powerful antioxidant activities, therefore they could be potential sources of natural antioxidants and can be used as food supplements.


Author(s):  
Ashok Babu Kasetti ◽  
Jayesh Dwivedi ◽  
Ravindra Nagasuri

Oxidative stress is one of the common problems seen in a variety of diseases. Chalcones and in particular heteroaryl chalcones had reported with promising antioxidant activities. Hence, in the present work, we reported the antioxidant activity of twenty thiazole ring bearing chalcone derivatives (1-20). Among the tested compounds, compounds 17, 19 and 20 containing 2-pyridinyl, 3-pyridinyl and 2-thiazolyl scaffolds showed superior antioxidant activity than the standard with their IC50 values 4±1µg/mL, 3±1 µg/mL and 5±1 µg/mL respectively. The compound 19 is an interesting lead for the development of newer antioxidant agents.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
Krishnagowdu Saravanan ◽  
Jayachandran Halka ◽  
Kumaresan Kowsalya ◽  
Muthukrishnan Arun

Higher plants are prominent sources for several bioactive chemical constituents (secondary metabolites) who include photochemical, flavoring agents, fragrant molecules, and food additives. According to WHO estimates, it has been reported that more than 80% of population in developing countries prefer these natural bioactive active compounds for their primary health requirement. At present, conventional chemotherapy is constrained due to the nonselective toxicity to human organs and their usage is limited now a days. In a recent survey, more than 60% of cancer patients have been preferring adjuvant phototherapy along with chemotherapy. Thus, photochemical are being widely used as anticancer agents to target specific pathological pathways underlying cancer with low toxic profiles and side effects. These photochemical are cost-effective and easily accessible to the public to treat cancer diseases. These bioactive photochemical are meticulously belongs to secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, polyphenols.Among them, the flavonoids are polyphenolic substances, which are found in all parts of the plant such as flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds, and bark. They possess high medicinal properties like being anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, anti-malarial, antioxidant agents. Quercetin is major flavones associated with a profound antioxidant and medicinal property to prevent the oxidation of lipids in vitro and in vivo, and also exhibits direct proapoptotic effects on tumor cells. This compound has proven efficacy in targeting several cancer cells of breast, colon, prostate, ovarian, and lung tumor in vitro. The present review focuses on the effect of quercetin in cancer therapy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 5427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingguang Yang ◽  
Peipei Yin ◽  
Xinxin Cao ◽  
Yujun Liu

Daxueteng, the liana stem of Sargentodoxa cuneata, is a widely used Traditional Chinese Medicine facing the overflow of its commercial adulterants. A method for discriminating adulterants and screening potential candidate alternatives of S. cuneata was thus established. Total phenols and flavonoids of S. cuneata and its six adulterants and their abilities to scavenge DPPH• and ABTS•+, to absorb peroxyl radicals (ORAC), and to inhibit AAPH-induced supercoiled plasmid DNA strand scission were comprehensively assessed. Polygonum cuspidatum and Bauhinia championii, two of the six adulterants of S. cuneate, shared considerably higher antioxidant activities as well as phenolic contents and, therefore, were considered as potential candidate alternatives. Phenolic compositions of the two potential candidate alternatives and S. cuneata itself were further determined by UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS. Totally 38 phenolics, including four hydroxybenzoic acids, two tyrosols, two caffeoylquinic acids, seven flavanol or its oligomers, two lignans, three hydroxycinnamic acids, six stilbenes, seven anthraquinones, and five flavanones were determined from three species. Furthermore, contents of different phenolic categories were semi-quantified and the major antioxidant contributors of S. cuneata and the two potential candidate alternatives were subsequently determined. It is concluded that tyrosols and caffeoylquinic acids were unique categories making great antioxidant contributions in S. cuneata and thus were considered as effective biomarkers in distinguishing its potential candidate alternatives.


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