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Methods to determine the chain-breaking AOA of food. Jessica Hudson. Chain-breaking antioxidant activity. Purpose: to take the free radicals out of the reaction to prevent them from being involved in propagation
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Methods to determine the chain-breaking AOA of food Jessica Hudson
Chain-breaking antioxidant activity • Purpose: to take the free radicals out of the reaction to prevent them from being involved in propagation • Ex.: Beta-Carotene is thought to trap free radicals, so it is difficult to classify as either preventive or chain breaking
Methods to determine chain-breaking AOA • Indirect: based on measurements of the inhibition of various intermediates of or final products of oxidation • Direct Competition: natural antioxidants compete for the peroxy radical with a reference free radical scavenger • Direct: free radical production and its inhibition by antioxidants is directly measured
Direct Competition methods • Free-radical induced decay of fluorescence of R-phycoerythrin • Crocin bleaching • B-carotene bleaching • Competition between antioxidant and KI for the peroxyl radical
Free-radical induced decay of fluorescence of R-phycoerythrin • PE is applied as a reference scavenger • Principle: intensity of PE decreases in the presence of peroxyl radical, but in presence of chain-breaking antioxidant this decay is slowed down
Crocin bleaching • Crocin (a natural compound) undergoes bleaching in the presence of peroxyl radicals • The addition of a sample containing antioxidants results in a decreased rate of crocin decay • Originally designated for testing blood plasma
Chain-breaking activity of roasted coffee • In this experiment, the crocin bleaching method was used to determine the chain-breaking activity of the roasted brews. • This procedure measures the ability of a compound or mixture of compounds to quench peroxyl radicals. • This bleaching occurs in the presence of peroxyl radicals, and is slowed in the presence of an antioxidant. • It was found that MRPs (Maillard reaction products) have significant chain-breaking antioxidant activity.
B-carotene bleaching • Bleaching of B-carotene occurs during the autooxidation of linoleic acid • Addition of antioxidant containing sample retards B-carotene decay
Indirect methods • ABTS test • DPPH test • Reduction of the Fremy’s radical • Etc.
ABTS test • One of the most popular indirect assays • Principle: to monitor the decay of radical cation ABTS produced by the oxidation of 2,2’-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiaziline-6-sulfonate) caused by the addition of a phenolic-containing sample
TEAC assay • Based on the inhibition of the absorbance of ABTS (2,2’-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline 6-sulfonate)) by antioxidants • ABTS radical is very stable on its own, however will rapidly react with a phenolic (which is an H-atom donor). • Advantages: simple and easy to use in different laboratories
DPPH test • Measures how 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (stable radical) reacts with an H-donor such as a phenolic • DPPH does not react with flavonoids • There are two types of this reaction: dynamic and static
Reduction of the Fremy’s radical • Capability of potassium nitrosidsulfonate to react with H-donors • Specifically used for wine testing
Catechins and catechin-gallate esters in green and black tea • One objective of this study was to determine the relative antioxidant potentials of catechins and catchin-gallate esters. • In this study, the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins modeled the efficacy of the different polyphenols as chain-breaking antioxidants. • In this model, copper ion catalysts were left out of the solution to avoid the polyphenols acting as metal chelators. • Chain-breaking antioxidants intercepted peroxidation process by reducing peroxyl radicals to alkoxides or hydroperoxides.
What is the relative effectiveness of these catechin-gallate esters? • Gallic acid is the least effective, followed by EGC and catechin. • ECG, EGCG, and EC tended to have similar effectiveness. • Concluded that gallic acid is a more effective scavenger in the aqueous phase whereas epicatechin and catechin are better antioxidants against lipid peroxyl radicals.
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