Antioxidant activity of various fractions of non-tannin phenolics of canola hulls

J Agric Food Chem. 2000 Jul;48(7):2755-9. doi: 10.1021/jf9911601.

Abstract

Cyclone canola hulls were extracted with 70% (v/v) acetone. The dried crude extract was dissolved in ethanol and fractionated on a Sephadex LH-20 column using 95% (v/v) ethanol as the mobile phase. Five major fractions were isolated according to the UV absorption. All fractions exhibited marked antioxidant activity in a beta-carotene-linoleate model system. Fractions I and II showed the best preventive effect against the bleaching of beta-carotene. The scavenging effect of fractions I, III, and V, at 1 mg, on alpha, alpha-diphenyl-beta-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical was 67.4%, 80.7%, and 63.3%, respectively. Fractions II and IV showed weak DPPH scavenging effects. The reducing power of phenolics present in fractions IV and V was greater than that of fractions I-III, and the observed data correlated well (r(2) = 0.937; P = 0.007) with the total content of phenolics present in each fraction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Bepridil / analogs & derivatives
  • Bepridil / metabolism
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Brassicaceae / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Free Radicals
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification*
  • Picrates*
  • Tannins
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Free Radicals
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Phenols
  • Picrates
  • Tannins
  • Bepridil
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl