Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts

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González, Evangelina A.; García, Anahí Melisa; Nazareno, Mónica Azucena
Año de publicación
2010
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Carminic acid (CA) is a natural red pigment produced by Dactylopius coccus C. insects. It is widely used in the food industry to replace synthetic colourants. Despite being known for a long time, its antioxidant properties have not been studied so far. The aim of this study was to determine CA activities by different methods namely, free radical scavenging capacity against DPPH and ABTS radicals as well as its inhibition ability of β-carotene bleaching enzymatically induced by lipoxygenase (LOX). CA exhibited a remarkable antiradical activity similar to that of known antioxidants such as quercetin, ascorbic acid and trolox. Effectiveness of CA to protect β-carotene in the co-oxidation with linoleic acid is attributed to enzymatic inhibition of LOX rather than peroxyl radical trapping.
Fil: González, Evangelina A.. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Argentina
Fil: García, Anahí Melisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; Argentina
Fil: Nazareno, Mónica Azucena. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; Argentina
Materia
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY
CARMINIC ACID
COCHINEAL
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spelling Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extractsGonzález, Evangelina A.García, Anahí MelisaNazareno, Mónica AzucenaANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITYANTIRADICAL ACTIVITYCARMINIC ACIDCOCHINEALhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Carminic acid (CA) is a natural red pigment produced by Dactylopius coccus C. insects. It is widely used in the food industry to replace synthetic colourants. Despite being known for a long time, its antioxidant properties have not been studied so far. The aim of this study was to determine CA activities by different methods namely, free radical scavenging capacity against DPPH and ABTS radicals as well as its inhibition ability of β-carotene bleaching enzymatically induced by lipoxygenase (LOX). CA exhibited a remarkable antiradical activity similar to that of known antioxidants such as quercetin, ascorbic acid and trolox. Effectiveness of CA to protect β-carotene in the co-oxidation with linoleic acid is attributed to enzymatic inhibition of LOX rather than peroxyl radical trapping.Fil: González, Evangelina A.. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; ArgentinaFil: García, Anahí Melisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; ArgentinaFil: Nazareno, Mónica Azucena. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; ArgentinaElsevier2010-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/99252González, Evangelina A.; García, Anahí Melisa; Nazareno, Mónica Azucena; Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts; Elsevier; Food Chemistry; 119; 1; 3-2010; 358-3620308-8146CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814609008462info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.06.030info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T14:58:21Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/99252instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 14:58:22.057CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
title Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
spellingShingle Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
González, Evangelina A.
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY
CARMINIC ACID
COCHINEAL
title_short Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
title_full Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
title_fullStr Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
title_full_unstemmed Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
title_sort Free radical scavenging capacity and antioxidant activity of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus C.) extracts
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González, Evangelina A.
García, Anahí Melisa
Nazareno, Mónica Azucena
author González, Evangelina A.
author_facet González, Evangelina A.
García, Anahí Melisa
Nazareno, Mónica Azucena
author_role author
author2 García, Anahí Melisa
Nazareno, Mónica Azucena
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY
CARMINIC ACID
COCHINEAL
topic ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY
CARMINIC ACID
COCHINEAL
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Carminic acid (CA) is a natural red pigment produced by Dactylopius coccus C. insects. It is widely used in the food industry to replace synthetic colourants. Despite being known for a long time, its antioxidant properties have not been studied so far. The aim of this study was to determine CA activities by different methods namely, free radical scavenging capacity against DPPH and ABTS radicals as well as its inhibition ability of β-carotene bleaching enzymatically induced by lipoxygenase (LOX). CA exhibited a remarkable antiradical activity similar to that of known antioxidants such as quercetin, ascorbic acid and trolox. Effectiveness of CA to protect β-carotene in the co-oxidation with linoleic acid is attributed to enzymatic inhibition of LOX rather than peroxyl radical trapping.
Fil: González, Evangelina A.. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Argentina
Fil: García, Anahí Melisa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; Argentina
Fil: Nazareno, Mónica Azucena. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Facultad de Agronomía y Agroindustrias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; Argentina
description Carminic acid (CA) is a natural red pigment produced by Dactylopius coccus C. insects. It is widely used in the food industry to replace synthetic colourants. Despite being known for a long time, its antioxidant properties have not been studied so far. The aim of this study was to determine CA activities by different methods namely, free radical scavenging capacity against DPPH and ABTS radicals as well as its inhibition ability of β-carotene bleaching enzymatically induced by lipoxygenase (LOX). CA exhibited a remarkable antiradical activity similar to that of known antioxidants such as quercetin, ascorbic acid and trolox. Effectiveness of CA to protect β-carotene in the co-oxidation with linoleic acid is attributed to enzymatic inhibition of LOX rather than peroxyl radical trapping.
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