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Radical Scavenging Activities and Antioxidant Constituents of Oriental Melon Extract  

Kim, Hye-Suk (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Hong, Mi-Jeong (Division of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University)
Kang, In-Yeong (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Jung, Ji-Youn (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Hye-Kyung (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Shin, Yong-Seub (Seongju Fruit Vegetable Experiment Station, Gyeongbuk AR&ES)
Jun, Ha-Joon (Department of Horticulture, Daegu University)
Suh, Jun-Kyu (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Kang, Young-Hwa (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.18, no.4, 2009 , pp. 442-447 More about this Journal
Abstract
Extracts from various parts of oriental melon were obtained and antioxidant property and antioxidant constituents including total phenol, total flavonoid, total vitamin C were examined. Free radical scavenging activity was measured by DPPH and ABTS method. Peel part of oriental melon showed the most potent scavenging activities against DPPH and ABTS radicals. The contents of total phenol, total flavonoid in peel were higher than other parts except vitamin C. The amount of vitamin C was the highest in placenta. The relationship between antioxidant activities and antioxidant constituents was determined and showed higher correlation coefficients between antioxidant activities and content of total phenol than other constituents. The above results suggest that phenolic compounds affect antioxidant activity of oriental melon and oriental melon has a good promise as functional food for enhancing health.
Keywords
antioxidant effect; total flavonoid content; total phenol content; vitamin C;
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