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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2015.44.3.356

Quality Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity of Prickly Pear Cactus Cladodes  

Hwang, Joon-Ho (Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju National University)
Yi, Mi-Ran (Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju National University)
Kim, Jae-Won (Department of Food Bioengineering, Jeju National University)
Bu, Hee-Jung (Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju National University)
Kang, Chang-Hee (Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju National University)
Lim, Sang-Bin (Department of Food Bioengineering, Jeju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.44, no.3, 2015 , pp. 356-362 More about this Journal
Abstract
Prickly pear cactus cladodes were extracted with hot water and 70% ethanol, followed by fractionation with n-hexane (HF), ethyl acetate (EF), n-butanol (BF), and distilled water. Total phenolics and total flavonoid contents as well as antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities were then measured. Total phenolic contents were 784, 452, and 220 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g, whereas total flavonoid contents were 214, 76, and 113 mg quercetin equivalents (QE)/g in EF, BF, and HF, respectively. DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities ($IC_{50}$) were 103 and $105{\mu}g/mL$ in EF, 359 and $379{\mu}g/mL$ in BF, and 469 and $605{\mu}g/mL$ in HF, respectively. Oxygen radical absorbance capacity was highest at $391{\mu}M$ TE in EF (in decreasing order of $117{\mu}M$ TE in BF and $64{\mu}M$ TE in HF), whereas superoxide anion radical scavenging activity ($IC_{50}$) was highest at $40{\mu}g/mL$ in EF (in decreasing order of $69{\mu}g/mL$ in BF and $98{\mu}g/mL$ in 70% ethanol extract). Inhibitory activity ($IC_{50}$) of nitric oxide (NO) production induced by LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells was highest at $62{\mu}g/mL$ in HF (in decreasing order of $104{\mu}g/mL$ in EF and $465{\mu}g/mL$ in BF). The selectivity index (ratio of inhibitory activity of NO production to cell cytotoxicity) was highest at 4.63 in EF (in decreasing order of 3.37 in HF and 2.14 in BF). In conclusion, EF showed potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects with high phenolic and flavonoid contents.
Keywords
prickly pear cactus cladodes; phenolic compounds; antioxidative activity; anti-inflammatory activity;
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