文摘
Recently, a new assay method that can quantify the aroxyl radical (ArO鈥? absorption capacity (ARAC) of antioxidants (AOHs) was proposed. In the present work, the second-order rate constants (ksExtract) and ARAC values for the reaction of ArO鈥?with seven kinds of rice bran extracts 1鈥?, which contain different concentrations of 伪-, 尾-, 纬-, and 未-tocopherols and -tocotrienols (伪-, 尾-, 纬-, and 未-Tocs and -Toc-3s) and 纬-oryzanol, were measured in ethanol at 25 掳C using stopped-flow spectrophotometry. The ksExtract value (1.26 脳 10鈥? M鈥? s鈥?) of Nipponbare (extract 1) with the highest activity was 1.5 times larger than that (8.29 脳 10鈥?) of Milyang-23 (extract 7) with the lowest activity. The concentrations (in mg/100 g) of 伪-, 尾-, 纬-, and 未-Tocs and -Toc-3s and 纬-oryzanol found in the seven extracts 1鈥? were determined using HPLC-MS/MS and UV鈥搗is absorption spectroscopy, respectively. From the results, it has been clarified that the ArO鈥?scavenging rates (ksExtract) (that is, the relative ARAC value) obtained for the seven extracts 1鈥? may be approximately explained as the sum of the product {危 ksAOH-i [AOH-i]/105} of the rate constant (ksAOH-i) and the concentration ([AOH-i]/105) of AOH-i (Tocs, Toc-3s, and 纬-oryzanol) included in rice bran extracts. The contribution of 纬-oryzanol to the ksExtract value was estimated to be between 3.0鈥?.7% for each extract. Taken together, these results suggest that the ARAC assay method is applicable to general food extracts.
Keywords:
rice bran extract; tocopherol; tocotrienol; free radicals; vitamin E; antioxidant activity; reaction rate; stopped-flow spectrophotometry; ARAC value; kinetic study