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Pine bark and green tea concentrated extracts: Antioxidant activity and comprehensive characterization of bioactive compounds by HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS

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    Identifier: PC:1102
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC1102
    Authors:
    Cádiz-Gurrea, M.L.Fernández-Arroyo, S.Segura-Carretero, A.
    Abstract:
    10.3390/ijms151120382

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    Author, as appears in the article.: Cádiz-Gurrea, M.L. Fernández-Arroyo, S. Segura-Carretero, A.
    Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
    URV's Author/s: María de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea, Salvador Fernández-Arroyo, Antonio Segura-Carretero
    Abstract: The consumption of polyphenols has frequently been associated with low incidence of degenerative diseases. Most of these natural antioxidants come from fruits, vegetables, spices, grains and herbs. For this reason, there has been increasing interest in identifying plant extract compounds. Polymeric tannins and monomeric flavonoids, such as catechin and epicatechin, in pine bark and green tea extracts could be responsible for the higher antioxidant activities of these extracts. The aim of the present study was to characterize the phenolic compounds in pine bark and green tea concentrated extracts using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS). A total of 37 and 35 compounds from pine bark and green tea extracts, respectively, were identified as belonging to various structural classes, mainly flavan-3-ol and its derivatives (including procyanidins). The antioxidant capacity of both extracts was evaluated by three complementary antioxidant activity methods: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). Higher antioxidant activity values by each method were obtained. In addition, total polyphenol and flavan-3-ol contents, which were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu and vanillin assays, respectively, exhibited higher amounts of gallic acid and (+)-catechin equivalents.
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1422-0067
    Last page: 20402
    Journal volume: 15
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/11/20382
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijms151120382
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Journal publication year: 2014
    First page: 20382