Antioxidant properties of cold-pressed black caraway, carrot, cranberry, and hemp seed oils

摘要

Cold-pressed black caraway, carrot, cranberry, and hemp seed oils were extracted with methanol and evaluated for radical-scavenging activities against ABTS~(·+) and DPPH~·, chelating activity, oxygen radical absorbing capacity (ORAC), and total phenolic contents (TPC). All the oil extracts had significant antioxidant activities. The ORAC value ranged from 28 to 220 μmol TE/ g oil for the cold-pressed hemp, carrot, and black caraway seed oils, whereas the ABTS~(·+) - scavenging capacity ranged 8.9-30.8 μmol TE/g oil for the four cold-pressed edible seed oils. The greatest TPC, 3.53 mg gallic acid equivalent (GE) per gramme of oil, was detected in the cold-pressed black caraway seed oil extract, while the lowest TPC, 0.44 mg GE/g, was observed in the cold-pressed hemp seed oil extract. In addition, methanol extracts of the cold-pressed black caraway and cranberry seed oils were evaluated for their inhibitory capacities on human LDL oxidation by measuring the reduction of the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance production (TBARS). Both oil extracts significantly suppressed the lipid peroxidation in human LDL, with TBARS reductions of 2.84 and 3.77 mg/g for cranberry and black caraway seed oil extracts, respectively. These results suggest that cold-pressed black caraway, cranberry, carrot and hemp seed oils may serve as dietary sources of natural antioxidants for health promotion and disease prevention, and the cold-pressed black caraway seed oil may be used as a natural antioxidativeTfbod additive for improving food quality and stability.