Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of finger millet polyphenols ( Eleusine coracana)
Phenolic acids from finger millet ( Eleusine coracana) milled fractions (whole flour, seed coat, 3%, 5% and 7%) were isolated and their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties were evaluated. Acidic methanol extracts from seed coat to whole flour were rich in polyphenol content and were found to be...
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Published in | Food chemistry Vol. 114; no. 1; pp. 340 - 346 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Elsevier Ltd
01.05.2009
[Amsterdam]: Elsevier Science |
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Summary: | Phenolic acids from finger millet (
Eleusine coracana) milled fractions (whole flour, seed coat, 3%, 5% and 7%) were isolated and their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties were evaluated. Acidic methanol extracts from seed coat to whole flour were rich in polyphenol content and were found to be stable up to 48
h at pH 4, 7, and 9 as studied by ultraviolet spectroscopy. Diadzene, gallic, coumaric, syringic and vanillic acids were identified as major phenolic acids from the extracted phenolics. Diadzene content was highest in concentration in the 5% flour. The reducing power of seed coat extract was significantly (
p
<
0.05) higher than that of whole flour extract. Antioxidant activity (AA) as determined by the β-carotene–linoleic acid assay indicated that the AA was highest in seed coat extract (86%), whilst at the same concentration it was only 27% in the whole flour extract. The seed coat extract showed higher antimicrobial activity against
Bacillus cereus and
Aspergillus flavus compared to whole flour extract. From these observations, it can be inferred that the polyphenols are responsible for the microbial activity of the millet and the results indicate that potential exists to utilise finger millet seed coat as an alternative natural antioxidant and food preservative. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.053 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0308-8146 1873-7072 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.053 |