Antioxidant Activity Of Rosemary Extract Research Articles

Stabilisation of butter with rosemary antioxidants

The aim of the present study was to test the antioxidant activity of rosemary extract and its mixture with propylene glycol on the stability of fat in butter. Rosemary extract was added at a concentration of 0.02% (w/w) and mixture of rosemary extract with propylene glycol at a concentration of 0.25% (w/w) to the cream before churning. For comparison, control samples without added antioxidant were also prepared and tested. Samples were stored at 4 °C and at 20 °C for 27 days and their peroxide values were determined periodically. The measurement of peroxide values for butter at 60 and 98 °C was also performed. Activity of rosemary extracts was compared with synthetic antioxidant BHT. The rosemary extract and its mixture with propylene glycol exhibited strong antioxidant activity in butter when added to a cream before churning and in an aqueous emulsion system of β-carotene and linolenic acid.

Influence of the CO2 Quality in the Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts Dearomatized by Supercritical Fluid Extraction

The effect of the CO2 quality (mainly related to CO2 content) in the antioxidant activity of rosemary extracts deodorized by using a supercritical fluid extraction process is analyzed. A Taguchi experimental design was used to study the influence of the CO2 quality on the antioxidant activity of the rosemary dearomatized extracts. The antioxidant activity of the rosemary extracts obtained in optimal conditions was tested with sunflower oil.

Influence of the CO2 Quality in the Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts Dearomatized by Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Influence of the CO2 Quality in the Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts Dearomatized by Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Influence of the CO 2 Quality in the Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts Dearomatized by Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Influence of the CO 2 Quality in the Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts Dearomatized by Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts, Carnosol and Carnosic Acid in Bulk Vegetable Oils and Fish Oil and Their Emulsions

The antioxidant effectiveness of two rosemary extracts, carnosol and carnosic acid, was significantly influenced by the type of system tested (bulk oils vs oil-in-water emulsions), by the oil substrates, the methods used to follow oxi-dation, and the concentrations of test compounds. The rosemary extracts and compounds effectively inhibited conjugated diene hydroperoxide formation in corn oil, soya bean oil, peanut oil and fish oil, when tested in bulk. Test compounds also inhibited hexanal formation in bulk vegetable oils, and propanal and pentenal formation in bulk fish oils. In contrast, these test compounds were either inactive or promoted oxidation in the corresponding vegetable oil-in-water emulsions. In fish oil emulsions, however, the rosemary compounds inhibited the formation of conjugated diene and pentenal but not that of propanal. Interfacial phenomena may explain why the hydrophilic rosemary antioxidants afford more protection in the bulk oil systems by being oriented in the air–oil interface, and less protection in the oil-in-water emulsion systems by partitioning into the water phase.

Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Rosemary Extracts, Carnosol and Carnosic Acid in Bulk Vegetable Oils and Fish Oil and Their Emulsions

The antioxidant effectiveness of two rosemary extracts, carnosol and carnosic acid, was significantly influenced by the type of system tested (bulk oils vs oil-in-water emulsions), by the oil substrates, the methods used to follow oxi-dation, and the concentrations of test compounds. The rosemary extracts and compounds effectively inhibited conjugated diene hydroperoxide formation in corn oil, soya bean oil, peanut oil and fish oil, when tested in bulk. Test compounds also inhibited hexanal formation in bulk vegetable oils, and propanal and pentenal formation in bulk fish oils. In contrast, these test compounds were either inactive or promoted oxidation in the corresponding vegetable oil-in-water emulsions. In fish oil emulsions, however, the rosemary compounds inhibited the formation of conjugated diene and pentenal but not that of propanal. Interfacial phenomena may explain why the hydrophilic rosemary antioxidants afford more protection in the bulk oil systems by being oriented in the air–oil interface, and less protection in the oil-in-water emulsion systems by partitioning into the water phase.

Antioxidant Activity of a Rosemary Extract and Its Constituents, Carnosic Acid, Carnosol, and Rosmarinic Acid, in Bulk Oil and Oil-in-Water Emulsion

This study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidant activity of a commercial rosemary extract and the active constituents carnosol, carnosic acid, and rosmarinic acid, in inhibiting the formation and decomposition of hydroperoxides in tocopherol-stripped corn oil and in the corresponding corn oil-in-water emulsions. In bulk corn oil, the rosemary extract, carnosic acid, rosmarinic acid, and α-tocopherol were significantly more active than carnosol. In contrast, in corn oil-in-water emulsion, the rosemary compounds were less active than in bulk oil, and the rosemary extract, carnosic acid, carnosol, and α-tocopherol were more active than rosmarinic acid. Similar results were obtained in corn oil-in-water phosphate buffer emulsion at pH 5, but α-tocopherol was less active. Carnosol and carnosic acid were much more active antioxidants in corn oil-in-water emulsions buffered at pH 4 and 5 than at pH 7. The decreased antioxidant activity of the polar hydrophilic rosemary compounds in the emulsion system may be explained by their interfacial partitioning into the water, thus becoming less protective than in the bulk oil system. The effect of pH may be related to the stability of the rosemary antioxidants. Keywords: Antioxidants; rosemary extracts; corn oil; hydroperoxides; hexanal; bulk oil; emulsion