Abstract
Purification of polar fractions from cacao liquor extracts gave 17 phenolics including four new compounds. The new compounds were characterized as a C-glycosidic flavan, an O-glycoside of a dimeric and two O-glycosides of trimeric A-linked proanthocyanidins, on the basis of spectroscopic data. Isolated polyphenols showed inhibitory effects on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent lipid peroxidation in microsomes and on the autoxidation of linoleic acid. These effects were attributed to the radical-scavenging activity in the peroxidation chain reactions, based on the findings that the cacao polyphenols effectively scavenged the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 749-758 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Phytochemistry |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 8 2002 |
Keywords
- Antioxidant
- Cacao liquor
- Lipid peroxidation
- Polyphenol
- Proanthocyanidin glycosides
- Radical scavenger
- Sterculiaceae
- Tannin
- Theobroma cacao
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Plant Science
- Horticulture