Abstract

MORENO, Elizabeth; ORTIZ, Blanca L  and  RESTREPO, Luz P. Total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of pulp extracts of six tropical fruits. Rev.Colomb.Quim. [online]. 2014, vol.43, n.3, pp.41-48. ISSN 0120-2804.

Six pulp extracts of tropical fruits from Colombia: banana passion fruit (Passiflora tripartida var. Mollissima), gulupa (Passiflora edulis Sims), avocado (Persea americana Mill.), lulo (Solanum quitoense Lam.), tomate de árbol (Cyphomandra betacea Sendt.), and gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) were used for studying the total phenolic content by the Folin Ciocalteu method and the antioxidant activity by the chemical methods: DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and FRAP (ferric ion reducing antioxidant power), and by the biological methods: oxidation of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and inhibition of oxidative stress on Saccharomyces cerevissiae growth. It was found that banana passion fruit extract showed the highest content of total phenolics, with a value of 683.48 ± 18.48 mg equivalents to gallic acid/100 g fresh weight (F.W.). Regarding the antioxidant activity the avocado extract exhibited the highest activity in the DPPH assay, with a value of 165.10 ± 4.36 µmol Trolox/100g F.W. whereas the banana passion fruit extract showed the highest antioxidant activity by the FRAP method, with a value of 148.07 ± 12.07 µmol Trolox/g F.W. In the LDL oxidation assay the extracts from banana passion fruit and gooseberry presented the greater ability to inhibit the oxidation of those lipoproteins, with a value of 1.61 ± 0.01 and 1.46 ± 0.06 nmol TMP (Tetrametoxipropane)/g F.W., respectively. In the assay of inhibition of oxidative stress on S. cerevissiae the avocado, banana passion fruit, and gulupa extracts exhibited the main protective effect and the obtained values for cellular concentration were 1.96 ×10⁷ cells/mL, 1.86 × 10⁷ cells/mL, and 1.54 × 10⁷ cells/mL, respectively, as compared to 0.99 × 10⁷ cells/mL found.

Keywords : antioxidant activity; DPPH; FRAP; LDL oxidation LDL; yeast; tropical fruits.

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