Czech J. Food Sci., 2012, 30(2):164-170 | DOI: 10.17221/509/2010-CJFS
Isolation of some compounds from nutmeg and their antioxidant activities
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Technology Center of Bright Dairy and Food Co. Ltd., Shanghai, P.R. China
- 2 Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
- 3 School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, P.R. China
Six compounds, licarin-B (1), dehydrodiisoeugenol (2), malabaricone B (3), malabaricone C (4), β-sitosterol (5), and daucosterol (6) were isolated from the seed (nutmeg) of Myristica fragrans Houtt and identified. Among them, malabaricone B was identified for the first time in nutmeg. Antioxidant activities of the isolated compounds were studied using oil stability index (OSI), reducing power, ABTS●+ scavenging, and DPPH● scavenging methods. The results showed that Malabaricone C is an efficient antioxidant agent which exhibits a stronger antioxidant activity than the commonly used synthetic antioxidants in all studied methods. This compound may have a potential to be used as a natural antioxidant in food.
Keywords: malabaricone C; oil stability index; reducing power; radical scavenging activity
Published: April 30, 2012 Show citation
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