Isolation of some compounds from nutmeg and their antioxidant activities

• Published in: Czech Journal of Food Sciences Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 164 - 170
• Main Authors: Hou, J.P., Technology Center of Bright Dairy and Food co. Ltd., Shanghai (China). State Key Lab. of Dairy Biotechnology, Wu, H., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick (USA). Dept. of Food Science, Wang, Y., Technology Center of Bright Dairy and Food co. Ltd., Shanghai (China). State Key Lab. of Dairy Biotechnology, Weng, X.C., Technology Center of Bright Dairy and Food co. Ltd., Shanghai (China). State Key Lab. of Dairy Biotechnology
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Czech; Slovak
• Published: Prague Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 01.01.2012; Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subjects: AISLAMIENTO; ANTIOXIDANTES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIOXYDANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ESTABILIDAD; ESTRUCTURA QUIMICA; EXTRACCION; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTOS; EXTRACTS; EXTRAIT; FITOSTEROLES; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1521; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_15893; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_23169; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2767; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_36910; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_36930; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_37744; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5044; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_511; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5847; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7091; ISOLATION; ISOLEMENT; malabaricone c; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; NOIX DE MUSCADE; NUEZ MOSCADA; Nutmeg; NUTMEGS; oil stability index; PHYTOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROLS; PROPIEDADES FISICOQUIMICAS; PROPRIETE PHYSICOCHIMIQUE; radical scavenging activity; reducing power; Scavenging; SITOSTEROL; STABILITE; STABILITY; STRUCTURE CHIMIQUE
• ISSN: 1212-1800; 1805-9317
• DOI: 10.17221/509/2010-CJFS

Six compounds, licarin-B (1), dehydrodiisoeugenol (2), malabaricone B (3), malabaricone C (4), beta-sitosterol (5), and daucosterol (6) were isolated from the seed (nutmeg) of Myristica fragrans 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, 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.