Abstract
This study focuses on the physico-chemical properties and antioxidant activity of wood vinegar and tar fraction in bio-oil produced from hazelnut shell pyrolysis at 400–1000 °C. In all cases, temperature plays a key role in the two fraction characteristics in bio-oil; phenols are absolutely dominant compounds, accounting for over 41 wt. % in wood vinegar and above 50 wt. % in tar. The hydroxyl radical scavenging experiment revealed that the higher phenol content resulted in the stronger antioxidant activity, and tar contained more phenolic compounds, which should have shown more antioxidant activity compared with wood vinegar, but under the influence of tar complex composition and properties, the hydroxyl radical binding reactions were severely blocked, which led to less antioxidant activity, and wood vinegar showed better potential as a natural antioxidant.
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