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Extraction yield, antioxidant activity andphenolics from grape, mango and peanut agro-industrial by-products

Rendimento de extração, atividade antioxidante e compostos fenólicos dos subprodutos agro industriais de uva, manga e amendoim

ABSTRACT:

The objective of this study was to determine and correlate the extraction yields, antioxidant activity, total phenolics and total flavonoids from grape, mango and peanut agro-industrial by-products. The β-carotene/linoleic acid autoxidation system and scavenging capacity for DPPH and ABTS free radicals assays were used. The results were expressed in terms of lyophilized sample or dry extract. Mango bagasse exhibited the highest extraction yield (37.07%) followed by peanut skin (15.17%) and grape marc (7.92%). In terms of lyophilized sample, total phenolics did not vary significantly among the residues evaluated (average of 60.33mg EAG g-1); however, when they were expressed as dry extract grape marc exhibited the highest total phenolic (768.56±116.35mg GAE g-1), followed by peanut skin (404.40±13.22mg GAE g-1) and mango bagasse (160.25±4.52mg GAE g-1), Peanut skin exhibited the highest content of total flavonoids (2.44mg QE g-1), while grape marc (1.76mg QE g-1) and mango bagasse (1.70 mg QE g-1) showed no significant differences. The extraction yield showed strong negative linear correlation with total phenolic and total flavonoid. This study showed that peanut skin was the sample with the highest antioxidant activity and it was strongly influenced by total flavonoids. All extracts of byproducts showed antioxidant activity comparable to α-tocopherol, and they can be a source of natural compounds with potential to replace synthetic antioxidants such as BHT.

Key words:
total phenolics; total flavonoids; ethanolic extraction

RESUMO:

O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar e correlacionar os rendimentos de extração, atividade antioxidante, compostos fenólicos totais e flavonoides de subprodutos agroindustriais de uva, manga e amendoim. A autoxidação do sistema β-caroteno/ácido linoleico e a capacidade de sequestro dos radicais DPPH e ABTS foram os ensaios antioxidantes utilizados. Os resultados foram expressos com base na amostra liofilizada ou no extrato seco. O bagaço de manga apresentou o maior rendimento de extração (37,07%) seguido da película de amendoim (15,17%) e bagaço de uva (7,92%). Em termos de amostra liofilizada, o teor de fenólicos totais não variou significativamente entre os resíduos avaliados (média de 60,33mg EAG g-1), entretanto, quando foi expresso com base no extrato seco, o bagaço de uva exibiu o maior teor de fenólicos totais (768,56±116,35mg EAG g-1), seguido da película de amendoim (404,40±13,22mg EAG g-1) e bagaço de manga (160,25±4,52 mg EAG g-1). Apelícula de amendoim apresentou o maior conteúdo de flavonoides totais (2,44mg EQ g-1), enquanto os bagaços de uva (1,76mg EQ g-1) e de manga (1,70mg EQ g-1) não mostraram diferenças significativas. O rendimento de extração mostrou fortes correlações lineares negativas como teor de fenólicos totais e flavonoides totais. Este estudo mostrou que a películade amendoim foi o material que apresentou a maior atividade antioxidante e isso foi fortemente influenciado por flavonoides totais. Os extratos avaliados mostraram atividade antioxidante comparável à do α-tocoferol, com potencial para substituir antioxidantes sintéticos, tais como o BHT.

Palavras-chave:
fenólicos totais; flavonoides; extração etanólica

INTRODUCTION:

The agro-industrial activities have generated large quantities of waste, by-products or residual biomasses which are considered potential sources of antioxidants, including phenolic compounds (SÓJKA et al., 2013SÓJKA, M. et al. Polyphenolic and basic chemical composition of black chokeberry industrial by-products. Industrial Crops and Products, v.51, p.77-86, 2013. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669013004688 >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.08.051.
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). This is especially significant in Brazil, since our economy is strongly based on agribusiness, representing around 25% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to FAO (2013FAO STAT. FAO statistical database, 2013. Available from: <http://faostat3.fao.org/download/Q/QC/E>. Accessed: Ago. 17, 2015.), the world's production of mangoes, grapes and peanuts is about 43, 77 and 35 million tonnes annually, respectively. For mangoes, by-products represent 35-60% of the total weight of the fruit, while 16% represent grapes and 3% peanuts. Based on these percentages, a large amount of waste is produced in the world annually. MIRABELLA et al. (2014MIRABELLA, N. et al. Current options for the valorization of food manufacturing waste: a review. Journal of Cleaner Production, v.65, p.28-41, 2014. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652613007440# >. Accessed: Ago. 17, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.051.
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) reported that 81% of food waste is produced by households and food manufacturing industry.

The use of residual biomasses as a source of antioxidant compounds can be a viable economic alternative because it reduces disposal costs and adds value to the by-product. Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites derived from plants and are present in several parts, such as barks, seeds and pulps of fruits, and can be an alternative antioxidant agent against oxidative deterioration of foods. They also play an important functional role in human body, minimizing oxidative damage at the cellular level (BABBAR et al., 2011BABBAR, N. et al. Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International, v.44, n.1, p.391-396, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996910003625 >. Accessed: Sept. 09, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.001.
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).

Synthetic antioxidants such as butyl-hydroxytoluene (BHT) are added in foods, but its use has been questioned because of its toxicity (BABBAR et al., 2011BABBAR, N. et al. Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International, v.44, n.1, p.391-396, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996910003625 >. Accessed: Sept. 09, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.001.
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). For this reason, studies on alternative natural antioxidants have been the subject of several studies. Recent studies have been conducted on the potential recovery of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in agro-industrial by-products of kinnow mandarin, litchi, peanut, grape and banana (BABBAR et al., 2011BABBAR, N. et al. Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International, v.44, n.1, p.391-396, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996910003625 >. Accessed: Sept. 09, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.001.
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; MELO et al., 2015MELO, P.S. et al. Winery by-products: extraction optimization, phenolic composition and cytotoxic evaluation to act as a new source of scavenging of reactive oxygen species. Food Chemistry, v.18, p.160-169, 2015. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814615002770# >. Accessed: Ago. 22, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.02.087
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; OLDONI et al., 2016OLDONI, T.L.C. et al. Bioassay-guided isolation of proanthocyanidins with antioxidant activity from peanut (Arachishypogaea) skin by combination of chromatography techniques., Food Chemistry v.192, p.306-312, 2016. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814615010092 >. Accessed: Ago. 22, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.07.004.
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), guava (MELO et al., 2011MELO, P.S. et al. Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of agroindustrial residues. Ciência Rural, v.41, n.6, p.1088-1093, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600027&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1590/S0103-84782011000600027.
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) and mango (DORTA et al., 2012DORTA, E. et al. Reutilization of mango byproducts: study of the effect of extraction solvent and temperature on their antioxidant properties. Journal of Food Science, v.77, n.1, p.C80-C88, 2012. Available from: <Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22132766 >. Accessed: Sept. 30, 2014. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02477.x.
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). By-products of the fruits-processing industry consist of non-used parts of raw materials, such as bark and seed of fruits, and it has been shown that they generally contain high amounts of phenolic compounds (MELO et al., 2011MELO, P.S. et al. Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of agroindustrial residues. Ciência Rural, v.41, n.6, p.1088-1093, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600027&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1590/S0103-84782011000600027.
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Studies have shown that different vegetables usually exhibited different extraction yields (SPIGNO & DE FAVERI, 2007SPIGNO, G.; FAVERI, D.M. de. Antioxidants from grape stalks and marc: influence of extraction procedure on yield, purity and antioxidant power of the extracts. Journal of Food Engineering, v.78, n.3, p.793-801, 2007. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087740500779X >. Accessed: Oct. 13, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.11.020.
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; BABBAR et al., 2011BABBAR, N. et al. Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International, v.44, n.1, p.391-396, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996910003625 >. Accessed: Sept. 09, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.001.
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). Extraction yield and purity of the extracts can be greatly influenced by processing and plant species. However, the relationship between extraction yield, phenolic content and antioxidant activity may reveal the true biological value of plant extracts. The objective of this study was to determine and correlate extraction yield, total phenolics, total flavonoids and antioxidant activity from grape, mango and peanut agro-industrial by-products.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

The agro-industrial by-products grape marc, mango bagasse and peanut skin were used in this study. Grape marc (bark and stems) 'Pinot Noir'(Vitis vinifera ) was obtained from wine processing, mango bagasse (bark and seed) 'Tommy Atkins' (Mangifera indica ) was obtained from juice processing and peanut skin (Arachis hypogaea ) was obtained from blanching process. All by-products were obtained in Brazilian agro-industries in 2012. All samples were immediately frozen upon arrival in the laboratory and then lyophilized (Liotop L 101) and stored at -24°C.

The lyophilized samples were ground in a bench-top mill (IKA A11) and extracted with 80% ethanol (80:20v/vin water) in a sample: solvent ratio of 1:10 (w/v) according to MELO et al. (2011MELO, P.S. et al. Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of agroindustrial residues. Ciência Rural, v.41, n.6, p.1088-1093, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600027&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1590/S0103-84782011000600027.
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). The extraction was conducted in an ultrasonic bath (Ultracleaner 1400A, 180 Watts) at room temperature for 15 minutes. The extract was centrifuged (Eppendorf 5810R) at 5000 x g for 15 minutes and the supernatant collected. The residue from each sample was extracted twice more. Three replicates were conducted for each sample.

The extraction yield (mg of dry extract per g of lyophilized sample) was determined. A portion of each ethanolic extract were evaporated (Buchi R-215) under vacuum at 40°C and then dried in an air oven at 105ºC for 3 hours. The final dry weight was used to calculate extraction yield. For other parts of the extracts, the total phenolic contents (mg g-1) were analyzed using Folin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method (SINGLETON et al., 1998SINGLETON, V.L. et al. Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent. Methods in Enzymology, v.299, p.152-178, 1998. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0076687999990171 >. Accessed: Ago. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(99)99017-1.
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) and values were expressed as gallic acid equivalents (GAE). Total flavonoid content was determined by using a colorimetric method described by CHANG et al. (2002CHANG, C.et al. Estimation of total flavonoid content in propolis by two complementary colorimetric methods. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, v.10, n.3, p.178-182, 2002. Available from: <Available from: http://www.fda.gov.tw/files/publish_periodical/10-3-9.pdf >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014.
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) and the values were expressed as mean (mg g-1) in quercetin equivalents (QE). The ABTS [2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenz-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)] antioxidant activity assay was performed according to RE et al. (1999RE, R. et al. Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, v.26, n.9-10, p.1231-1237, 1999. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584998003153 >. Accessed: Ago. 11, 2014.
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) and values expressed as mean (μg g-1) in terms of Trolox equivalents (TE).The DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl-hydrate) radical scavenging ability was determined according to MENSOR et al. (2001MENSOR, L.L. et al. Screening of Brazilian plant extracts for antioxidant activity by the use of DPPH free radical method. Phytotherapy Research, v.15, n.2, p.127-130, 2001.Available from: <Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11268111 >. Accessed: Mar. 11, 2015. doi: 10.1002/ptr.687.
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) and expressed as the efficient concentration at 50% (EC50), i.e., the concentration (mg mL-1) of the test solution required to give a 50% decrease in the absorbance of the test solution compared to that of a blank solution at 517nm (Shimadzu, UVmini-1240). The DPPH antioxidant activity of the sample extracts was also expressed as Trolox equivalents (μg TE g-1). The β-carotene/linoleic acid model system assay was performed as described by EMMONS et al. (1999EMMONS, C.L. et al. Antioxidant capacity of oat (Avena sativa L.) extracts. 2. In vitro antioxidant activity and contents of phenolic and tocol antioxidants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v.47, n.12, p.4894-4898, 1999. Available from: <Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf990530i >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1021/jf990530i.
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). Oxidation of β-carotene/linoleic acid emulsion was monitored at 470nm and the antioxidant activity was expressed as percent inhibition relative to the control after 120min of incubation. Sample extracts were evaluated at a concentration of 100μg mL-1. BHT and α-tocopherol (100μg mL-1) were used as standards.

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze significant differences between by-products. When a significant difference was found, the Tukey's test was used to identify the categories that differed from one another. Differences between means at the 95% (P<0.05) confidence level were considered statistically significant. Correlations were obtained by Pearson's correlation coefficient (r). All results were expressed as mean ±SD (standard deviation) for three replications. Statistical analysis was conducted using SAEG version 9.1 (Viçosa, Brazil).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:

Extraction yields of by-product samples were expressed as mg of dry extract per g of lyophilized sample and are presented in figure 1. Results showed that grape marc, peanut skin and mango bagasse showed different amounts of extractable soluble compounds, and it was an expected result. The highest extraction yield was exhibited by mango bagasse (370.65mg g-1) and it was approximately 2.5 times higher than peanut skin (151.70mg g-1) and 4.5 times higher than grape marc (79.15mg g-1). BABBAR et al. (2011BABBAR, N. et al. Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International, v.44, n.1, p.391-396, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996910003625 >. Accessed: Sept. 09, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.10.001.
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) evaluated the influence of different plant residues on extraction yield and observed that the type of residue was more influential than the solvent system on extraction yield.

Figure 1
Extraction yields of the lyophilized samples of agro-industrial by-products. Means ± SD (n=3).

Contents of total phenolic compounds and total flavonoids were expressed in mg g-1 (in terms of lyophilized sample and dried extract) and the results are presented in table 1. Total phenolic compounds extracted from lyophilized samples did not vary significantly (P<0.05) among residues evaluated, showing an average content of 60.33mg EAG g-1. However, when measured in terms of dry extract, grape marc exhibited the highest content of total phenolic compounds (768.56±116.35mg GAE g-1) followed by peanut skin and mango bagasse (404.40±13.22 and 160.25±4.52mg GAE g-1, respectively). According to SANT'ANNA et al. (2012SANT'ANNA, V. et al. Kinetic modeling of total polyphenol extraction from grape marc and characterization of the extracts. Separation and Purification Technology, v.100, p.82-87, 2012. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586612004686 >. Accessed: Ago. 22, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2012.09.004.
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), these results refer to soluble or extractable polyphenols, which are low or intermediate molecular mass phenolics, since they were extracted with aqueous ethanol. This result showed that the dry extract of grape marc is the purest between the by-products tested. SPIGNO & DE FAVERI (2007SPIGNO, G.; FAVERI, D.M. de. Antioxidants from grape stalks and marc: influence of extraction procedure on yield, purity and antioxidant power of the extracts. Journal of Food Engineering, v.78, n.3, p.793-801, 2007. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087740500779X >. Accessed: Oct. 13, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.11.020.
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) evaluated agro-industrial residues and also reported different extraction yields. During grape fermentation process for wine production, different soluble compounds, such as sugars, are degraded or converted to other substances (LÓPEZ et al., 2008LÓPEZ, N. et al. Effects of pulsed electric fields on the extraction of phenolic compounds during the fermentation of must of Tempranillo grapes. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, v.9, n.4, p.477-482, 2008. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146685640700166X >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.ifset.2007.11.001.
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), but for processing of mango and peanut just the blanching process is done and their residues (bagasse and skin, respectively) are not fermented or extracted with solvents, and it may explains the lower content of non-phenolic soluble compounds reported in grape marc sample. Other non-phenolics soluble compounds, such as sugars, organic acids and proteins can also be present in plant extracts, and it can affect the extraction yield and the purity of the extract. MARTIN et al. (2012MARTIN, J.G.P. et al. Antimicrobial potential and chemical composition of agro-industrial wastes. Journal of Natural Products, v.5, p.27-36, 2012. Available from: <Available from: http://journalofnaturalproducts.com/Volume5/5_Res_paper-4.pdf >. Accessed: Ago. 11, 2014.
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) reported contents of total phenolic compounds of 229.2 mg GAE g-1 (dry sample) in grape marc 'Pinot Noir', and this value was higher than the reported in this research (Table 1). In other reseaches, contents of total phenolics of 58mg GAE g-1 in mango bagasse 'Uba' (VIEIRA et al., 2008VIEIRA, P.A.F. et al. Efeitos da inclusão de farelo do resíduo de manga no desempenho de frangos de corte de 1 a 42 dias. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, v.37, n.12, p.2173-2178, 2008. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982008001200014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Nov. 11, 2014.
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) and 79.36mg GAE g-1 in peanut skin (CAMARGO et al., 2012CAMARGO, A.C. de et al. Gamma radiation effects on peanut skin antioxidants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, v.13, n.3, p.3073-3084, 2012. Available from: <Available from: http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/13/3/3073/htm >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.3390/ijms13033073.
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) have also been reported, and they are close to the values reported in this research. In terms of dry extract, THIMOTHE et al. (2007THIMOTHE, J. et al. Chemical characterization of red wine grape (Vitis vinifera and Vitis interspecific hybrids) and pomace phenolic extracts and their biological activity against Streptococcus mutans., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry v.55, n.25, p.10200-10207, 2007. Available from: <Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf0722405 >. Accessed: Nov. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1021/jf0722405.
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) reported in grape marc 'Pinot Noir' a total phenolic compounds of 618.0 mg GAE g-1 in ethanolic dry extract, a result close to that observed in this research.

Table 1
Total phenolic compounds and total flavonoids of the agro-industrial by-products expressed in terms of dry extract and lyophilized sample.

According to table 1, the content of total flavonoids (in terms of lyophilized sample) of the peanut skin (2.44±0.22mg QE g-1) was significantly higher than the grape marc (1.76±0.05mg QE g-1) and mango bagasse (1.70±0.10mg QE g-1) and these results were not correlated with total phenolics. However, in terms of dry extract, grape marc showed the highest content of total flavonoids (22.43±2.89 mg QE g-1) followed by peanut skin and mango bagasse (16.14±1.71 and 4.60±0.30mg QE g-1, respectively). A strong linear correlation (r=0.96, P<0.01) was reported between total flavonoids and total phenolic compounds, suggesting that 96% of the variation of total flavonoids may be explains by variation of total phenolics compounds.

Negative Pearson's linear correlations between extraction yield and total phenolics (r=-0.91, P<0.01) and between extraction yield and total flavonoids (r=-0.98, P<0.01) were reported. Therefore, the highest extraction yields showed high levels of non-phenolics groups in the extract samples, rather than phenolic groups. In fact, the extraction of phenolic compounds from vegetable matrices is very dependent on chemical composition of the sample, as well as of the affinity between chemical compounds present in the sample and the solvent used (MELO et al., 2011MELO, P.S. et al. Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of agroindustrial residues. Ciência Rural, v.41, n.6, p.1088-1093, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600027&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1590/S0103-84782011000600027.
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According to table 2, peanut skin showed an antioxidant activity higher than the mango bagasse for all tested assays, but in terms of dry extract peanut skin and grape marc showed no significant differences, except for DPPH (728.46±92.26 and 756.54±65.45mg TE g-1, respectively) and ABTS (2.85±0.67 and 2.51±0.44g TE g-1, respectively) antioxidant assays. In terms of lyophilized extract, linear correlations between antioxidant activities and total phenolics were not reported, and it suggested that the sum of free phenolic compounds of by-products did not explain their antioxidant activity. However, there was a positive correlation between total flavonoids and DPPH (r2=0.93, P<0.01) and between total flavonoids and ABTS (r2=0.92, P<0.01) and there was a negative correlation between total flavonoids and EC50 (r2= -0.68, P<0.05) for all by-products. This suggested that the highest antioxidant activity of the peanut skin lyophilized sample (Table 2) can be explained by their higher total flavonoids content (Table 1). In this case, there is evidence that species of flavonoids present in peanut skin has higher antioxidant activity than other classes of phenolic compounds. Conversely, a positive association between total phenolics and antioxidant activity of vegetables has been reported (MELO et al., 2011MELO, P.S. et al. Phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of agroindustrial residues. Ciência Rural, v.41, n.6, p.1088-1093, 2011. Available from: <Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600027&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1590/S0103-84782011000600027.
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). SPIGNO & DE FAVERI (2007SPIGNO, G.; FAVERI, D.M. de. Antioxidants from grape stalks and marc: influence of extraction procedure on yield, purity and antioxidant power of the extracts. Journal of Food Engineering, v.78, n.3, p.793-801, 2007. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087740500779X >. Accessed: Oct. 13, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.11.020.
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) reported that the degree of correlation depends on the class of compounds and it is generally higher for total phenolic contents than for anthocyanins and flavonoids.

Table 2
Antioxidant activity of the agro-industrial by-products expressed in terms of dry extract and lyophilized sample.

When evaluated in terms of dry extract, the linear correlations between total flavonoids and EC50 (r2=-0.71, P<0.05). DPPH (r2=0.92, P<0.01) and ABTS (r2=0.95, P<0.01) were higher than the correlations between the total phenolics and EC50 (r2=-0.49, P<0.05). DPPH (r2=0.78, P<0.01) and ABTS (r2=0.87, P<0.01), and it showed that the discrepancy between the antioxidant activity and the phenol contents can be attributed to the differences in phenol species, i.e., both phenolic species and concentration can interfere with the biological activity of plant extracts (SAITO et al., 2008SAITO, K. et al. Extensive screening for edible herbal extracts with potent scavenging activity against superoxide anions. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, v.63, n.2, p.65-70, 2008. Available from: <Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18236159 >. Accessed: Oct. 10, 2014. doi: 10.1007/s11130-008-0071-2.
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). The antioxidant activity of plant extracts is attributed to their different chemical compositions (SAITO et al., 2008), but cannot be just predicted in terms of their total phenolic contents because the synergism between phenolics and other substances present in the extract may contribute to global antioxidant activity of the sample. GONZÁLEZ & GONZÁLEZ (2010GONZÁLEZ, M.; GONZÁLEZ, V. Sample preparation of tropical and subtropical fruit biowastes to determine antioxidant phytochemicals. Analytical Methods, v.2, n.12, p.1842-1966, 2010. Available from: <Available from: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleHTML/2010/AY/C0AY00361A >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1039/c0ay00361a.
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) reported that the presence of large amount of non-phenolic substances can interfere in both phenolic concentration and antioxidant activity analysis. In fact, different plant matrices can exhibit different antioxidant activities according to the antioxidant vitamins and phenolics. According to table 2, the inhibitory capacity of the peanut skin (55.12±2.97%) was higher than the mango bagasse (43.94%±0.76%), grape marc (28.57±2.70%) and α-tocopherol (38.28%±1.23%), but was lower than the BHT (89.13%±0.72%). Toxicological parameters applied to the synthetic antioxidants; therefore, phenolics may be used in higher concentrations, and this can enhance their antioxidant efficacy. Thus, due to the large amount of by-products generated from agro-industries, peanut skin, mango bagasse and grape marc may be a very inexpensive source of extracts rich in natural bioactive compounds. In fact, this can ensure a similar effect to BHT, besides promoting beneficial effects on health. The β-carotene oxidation inhibitory capacity from grape marc extract was reported by NEGRO et al. (2003NEGRO, C. et al. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity from red grape marc extracts. Bioresource Technology, v.87, n.1, p.41-44, 2003. Available from: <Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096085240200202X >. Accessed: Oct. 14, 2014. doi: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00202-X.
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) and they reported increasing of inhibition with the increasing of extract concentration.

CONCLUSION

This study showed that the dry extract of grape marc was the purest in terms of total phenolics. A negative correlation between extraction yield and total phenolics of the extract was reported. Peanut skin showed the highest antioxidant activity and this was strongly correlated with total flavonoids.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors acknowledge to the Departament of Agri-Food Industry. Food and Nutrition/ESALQ/USP for the research infrastructure provided and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, Grants #2008/55492-7 and 2011/12640-9) for the financial support.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    29 Apr 2016
  • Date of issue
    Aug 2016

History

  • Received
    13 Apr 2015
  • Accepted
    10 Feb 2016
  • Reviewed
    12 Apr 2016
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