Abstract
Vaccinium arctostaphylos fruit (VAF) has long been an important source of food and pharmaceutical ingredients and is considered to have high antioxidant potential. Growing V. arctostaphylos in Turkey is a substantial food, but information about its antioxidant activities is scarce. Other pharmacological properties of V. arctostaphylos, specifically antioxidant activity, contents of total phenolic, total flavonoid, total anthocyanin and ascorbic acid, are also not well explored. This study was designed to explore the in vitro antioxidant activities of ethanol extracts and chemical compositions such as ascorbic acid, total phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins in V. arctostaphylos fruit and their jam (VAJ). Antioxidant activity, total phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanins and ascorbic acid content changed during processing of jam depends on temperature. The results obtained in this study indicate that V. arctostaphylos fruit and their jam are potential sources of natural antioxidant. Practical Applications We applied a lot of antioxidant tests such as total antioxidant activity, reducing power, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, ferrous ion chelating activity and DPPH radical-scavenging activity. On the other hand, we determined the phenolic, flavonoid, anthocyanin and ascorbic acid in the Vaccinium arctostaphylos fruit and their jam. Higher processing temperatures caused a reduction in the antioxidant capability of the jam and the ascorbic acid concentration. Although the antioxidant activity found in various in vitro methods is the indication of only potential health benefit, the results remain important as a first step in screening the antioxidant activity of V. arctostaphylos fruit and their jam.
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