scholarly journals Carotenoid feed supplementation in Argentine penaeoid shrimp broodstock

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-757
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Díaz ◽  
María Laura Espino ◽  
Emiliano Pisani ◽  
Susana M. Velurtas ◽  
Jorge L. Fenucci
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Development ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
Feed Supplementation ◽  
Reproductive Maturation ◽  
Feeding Regimes ◽  
Fresh Frozen ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
Β Carotene

This work aimed to improve reproductive maturation in two penaeoid species (Artemesia longinaris and Pleoticus muelleri) by using carotenes added in artificial feeds and comparing antioxidant activity and carotenoids profiles. Immature females were kept for 45 days at salinity 33, temperature at 18°C, pH 7, 12:12 h photoperiod, ammonium <0.2mg L-1 and seawater exchanged at 100% per day. Feeding regimes consisted of 50% fresh frozen ingredients (clam muscle and squid mantle) and 50% dry pellets. For each species, three pelletized feeds were tested, one as a control (C) and two supplemented each one with 300 mg astaxanthin (A) and β-carotene (B) kg-1 of diet. At the end of the trials, ovaries, midgut gland, and integument were sampled. In both species, the addition of carotenoids improved ovarian development: 100% of females fed A or B diets were mature, but of the females fed with diet C only 75% (P. muelleri) and 64% (A. longinaris) matured. Ovaries of mature females exhibited the highest concentration of carotenoids. The abundance of free astaxanthin regarding total carotenes, suggests that excess of free astaxanthin could be biotransformed to esterified astaxanthin. The scavenging properties were evaluated against the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical by electron resonance spectroscopy (EPR). For all feed treatments, the extracts exhibited strong DPPH scavenging activity, without significant differences among them.

scholarly journals Antioxidant potential of five commercially less valued leafy vegetables from Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 953-959
Author(s):  
Kishwar Jahan Shethi ◽  
Mohammad Zashim Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Phenolic Content ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Antioxidant Potential ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
Flavonoid Content ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
Phenolic And Flavonoid

To evaluate the antioxidant potential of less valued green leafy vegetables of Bangladesh, the methanolic extracts of Alternanthera sessilis, A. philoxeroides, A. paronychioides, Glinus oppositifolius and Portulaca oleracea were subjected to assay for total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and DPPH free radicle scavenging activity. Among the studied materials, A. sessilis showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid content. However, G. oppositifolius presented the lowest phenolic content (14.53 ± 0.48 mg of GAE/g of sample) and P. oleracea exhibited minimum (7.005 ± 0.25 mg of RUE/g of sample) flavonoid content. DPPH radical scavenging activity was found to increase with increase in the concentration of each individual material. A. philoxiroides (IC50 = 6.07 ± 0.27 μg/ml) was found as the most active in DPPH radical percentage inhibition, which was followed by A. sessilis (IC50 = 7.17 ± 0.67 μg/ml). Interestingly, A. paronychioides, in spite of having good amount of total phenolic and flavonoid content, showed less DPPH scavenging activity. No linear relationship was found to exist in case of the total phenolic, flavonoid content and DPPH scavenging activity among G. oppositifolius, P. oleracea and A. paronychioides. The results from different methods may differ substantially because each complex chemical reaction generates unique values. However, all the five plants exhibited creditable antioxidant activity and thus consumption of these vegetables may play important role in combating oxidative stresses and thereby help in retaining good health.

scholarly journals Antioxidant activity of Dianthus chinensis flowers processed by ionizing radiation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Cristina Ramos Koike
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Bioactive Components ◽  
Irradiation Treatment ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
Β Carotene

The edible flowers are increasingly used in culinary preparations, which require new approaches to improve their conservation and safety. Irradiation treatment is safe and an effective alternative for food conservation. Indeed, it can also guarantee food quality, increasing shelf-life and disinfestation of it. This technology gives us a versatile way to get good quality food, reducing post-harvest losses. Dianthus chinensis flowers, popularly known as Chinese pink, are widely used in culinary preparations, being also acknowledged for their bioactive components and antioxidant properties. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of D. chinensis flowers submitted to electron beam and gamma irradiation at 0, 0.5, 0.8 and 1 kGy. The antioxidant properties were evaluated through 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity, reducing power and β-carotene bleaching inhibition assays. Total phenolics were also determined by the Folin-Ciocalteu assay. The antioxidant activity was higher for irradiated samples, especially those treated with 0.8 and 1 kGy, independently of the radiation source, which showed the highest capacity to inhibit β-carotene bleaching. Accordingly, the applied irradiation treatments seemed to represent feasible technology to preserve the quality of edible flower petals, being able to improve the antioxidant activity

Preparation, Purification and Identification of Antioxidant Peptides with Bienzyme Hydrolysis from Rice Bran Protein

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
De Jun Mei ◽  
Guo Ping Yu ◽  
An Min Sun
Keyword(s):  
Rice Bran ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
Antioxidant Peptides ◽  
Rice Bran Protein ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
Dpph Radical Scavenging

The rice bran protein (RBP) was then hydrolyzed with various proteases (papain, flavorzyme, neutrase, protamex, and trypsin) to prepare antioxidant peptides. The rice bran protein hydrolysates (RBPH) were assessed using method of DPPH radical scavenging ability. Hydrolysate prepared with papain and flavorzyme (activity ratio 1:1) was found to have the highest antioxidant activity (IC50=6.778±0.21 mg/ml). This hydrolysate was purified using ultrafiltration, RBPH-III (Mw＜3KDa) had the highest DPPH and hydroxyl radical scavenging activity (IC50 value of 6.56±0.28, 5.43±0.22, respectively) and highest reducing power activity (1.02±0.18 at 4 mg/mL). Later, RBPH-III was fractionated by SP-SephadexC-25 cation-exchange column into six fractions (A–F), fraction F with the highest DPPH scavenging activity, was then separated by size exclusion chromatography on a SephadexG-25 into three major fractions (F1–F3). Fraction F2 exhibited the highest DPPH scavenging activity was choose to fractionate by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), seven antioxidant peptides were isolated, The F2-5 peptide displayed the highest DPPH radical-scavenging activity (58.2±1.63%; at 250 μg/ml) among these peptides, the amino acids composition of F2-5 was determined, which might play an important role on its antioxidant activity. In addition, purified peptide did show remarkable inhibition rate on SGC-7901 cells proliferation, and it also revealed the dose-dependent relationship. The results of this study suggest that rice bran protein hydrolysates are good source of natural antioxidants.

scholarly journals Study on the antioxidant and anti-cancer activities in HEPG2 cells of Ixora duffii

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Dinh Kim Phan ◽  
Trang Thi Xuan Dai
Keyword(s):  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Antioxidant Property ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
Growth Inhibitory ◽  
Phytochemical Compounds ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
The One

Ixora duffii is an important traditional medicinal plant in Vietnam. In this study its antioxidant property was investigated by diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and Fe3+ reducing assay and cytotoxic activity was evaluated against HepG2 cell line by MTT assay. The results showed that the methanolic extract of Ixora duffii flowers had DPPH radical scavenging activities similar to that of leaves extract. At the concentration of 100 􀁐g/mL, the extracts of flowers and leaves scavenged about 80% DPPH radical. The DPPH scavenging activity of Ixora duffii was lower than that of vitamin C approximately 2 times. The activity of Fe3+ reducing of flowers was higher than that of leaves, with EC50 values of 162.03 and 218.87 􀁐g/mL, respectively. Results were compared with the standard butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) that was lower than 4.78 times in flowers and 6.76 times in leaves. The methanolic extract of Ixora duffii displayed significantly dose dependent in reducing the growth of HepG2, with 56% growth inhibitory concentration in a dose of 500 􀁐g/mL. The qualitative analysis of phytochemical compounds showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, anthraquinones, terpenoids, quinones, glycoside, coumarins and phenols in the leaves and flower extracts of Ixora duffii. Compounds of tanins and saponins were only present in flowers of Ixora duffii. Total phenolic content were found in flowers (762.37 mg GAE/g) that was higher than the one in leaves (360.85 mg GAE/g). Flower and leave extracts exhibited a similar total flavonoid content of 679.55 mg QE/g and 676.35 mg QE/g, respectively.

Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of Exotic Fruits and Commercial Frozen Pulps from Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I. Genovese ◽  
M. Da Silva Pinto ◽  
A.E. De Souza Schmidt Gonçalves ◽  
F.M. Lajolo
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Total Phenols ◽  
Scavenging Capacity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging ◽  
Exotic Fruits ◽  
Β Carotene

The objective of this work was to characterize exotic fruits (cambuci, araça-boi, camu-camu, jaracatia, araça) and commercial frozen pulps (araça, cambuci, umbu, coquinho, pana, native passion fruit, cagaita) from Brazil in relation to their bioactive compounds contents and antioxidant capacity. Camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) presented the highest vitamin C and total phenolics contents (397 and 1797 mg/100 gf.w., respectively) and the highest DPPH• scavenging capacity. Coquinho (Butia capitata) also showed a significant vitamin C content (43 mg/100 gf.w.). Among the commercial frozen pulps, cagaita presented the higher DPPH scavenging activity and inhibition of β-carotene bleaching. A good correlation between total phenols and DPPH scavenging activity was found for fruits (r = 0.997) and commercial frozen pulps (r = 0.738). However, no correlation was found for total phenols and inhibition of β-carotene bleaching. Quercetin and kaempferol derivatives were the main flavonoids present in all samples and cyanidin derivatives were detected only in camu-camu. Camu-camu and araça (Psidium guineensis) showed the highest total ellagic acid contents (48 and 63.5 mg/100 gf.w.). All commercial frozen pulps presented lower contents of bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity than their respective fruits. According to our results, camu-camu and araça might be sources of bioactive compounds.

Characterization of non polar-polar solvent extracts from some tea plantation shade tree leaves with special reference to antioxidant and antibacterial activities

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Arindam Ghosh ◽  
Soumya Majumder ◽  
Sumedha Saha ◽  
Malay Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Glycosides ◽  
Polar Solvent ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Shade Trees ◽  
Crude Fibre ◽  
Shade Tree ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging

Beneficial properties of shade trees of tea plantations other than their medicinal properties have been extensively studied. This research was initiated to explore the properties of some shade trees with special emphasis on their antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Leaves from shade tree like Dalbergia sissoo (DS), Cassia siamea (CS), Derris robusta (DR), Leucaena leucocephala (LL), Acacia lenticularis (AL) and Melia azedarach (MA) were used for the study. Characterization of shade tree leaves by determination of moisture, crude fibre and ash content and tests of non polar – polar solvent extracts for steroid, tannins, cardiac glycosides and coumarin, free radical scavenging, ferric reducing power, NO scavenging activities, quantification of Flavonoids and antibacterial activity were conducted. The average moisture, crude fibre and ash percentage of shade tree plants were found to be 62.95, 11.28 and 1.86 respectively. Methanol, ethanol, acetone and ethyl acetate respectively proved to be the most potent solvent for various phytochemical extractions as it gave positive results for tests like tannin, steroid, cardiac glycosides and coumarin. AL (91.46%), DR (92.69%), LL (94.32%) and MA (93.34%) leaf extracts showed a high level of DPPH scavenging activity in their water extracts. In DS (88.11%) and CS (83.23%) maximum DPPH scavenging activity was observed in Diethyl ether and Methanol extracts respectively.  Acetone extracts were more active than the water extracts in exhibiting ferric reducing power and NO scavenging activity. Summation of the quantity revealed that DS showed maximum presence of flavonoids and acetone as most potential for isolation of flavonoids. The decreasing order of summative antibacterial activity was recorded in DS, followed by CS, DR, AL, MA and LL. Chloroform showed the highest summative inhibition zone followed by ethanol, ethyl acetate, diethyl ether, acetone, water,  hexane, benzene and methanol. The antioxidant and antibacterial potential of shade trees were established.

scholarly journals Stem Lettuce and Its Metabolites: Does the Variety Make Any Difference?

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Janusz Malarz ◽  
Klaudia Michalska ◽  
Anna Stojakowska
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Methanolic Extract ◽  
Sesquiterpene Lactones ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Nmr Analysis ◽  
Caffeic Acid Derivatives ◽  
Aerial Parts ◽  
Dpph Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Scavenging

The objective of the present study was to characterize chemical composition of hitherto unexamined aerial parts of Lactuca sativa var. angustana cv. Grüner Stern. In contrast to leafy and head varieties of the lettuces, asparagus lettuce grown in Europe is much less studied. Fractionation of a methanolic extract from leaves of L. sativa cv. Grüner Stern, supported with HPLC/DAD and 1H NMR analysis, led to the isolation and/or identification of numerous terpenoid and phenolic compounds, including five apocarotenoids—(-)-loliolide, (+)-dehydrovomifoliol, blumenol A, (6S,9S)-vomifoliol, and corchoionoside C; three sesquiterpene lactones; two lignans—((+)-syringaresinol and its 4-O-β-glucoside); five caffeic acid derivatives; and three flavonoids. Some of the compounds, to the best of our knowledge, have never been isolated from L. sativa before. Moreover, monolignols, phenolic acids and a tryptophan-derived alkaloid were found in the analyzed plant material. Stems, leaves and shoot tips of the asparagus lettuce were examined to assess their phenolics and sesquiterpene lactone content as well as DPPH scavenging activity. Another stem lettuce—L. sativa var. angustana cv. Karola, two cultivars of leafy lettuces and one species of wild lettuce—L. serriola, were also examined as a reference material using HPLC/DAD. The results have been discussed regarding our previous studies and the literature data available.

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