Antioxidant activity of extracts from foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Suma, P. Florence and Asna Urooj (2012) Antioxidant activity of extracts from foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (4). pp. 500-504. ISSN 0975-8402

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Abstract

The less explored, commercially available foxtail millet-milled fractions like whole flour & bran rich fraction were studied for its antioxidant potency. Phytochemicals like alkaloids, phenolics, reducing sugars and flavonoids were found only in methanolic & aqueous extracts, while tannins and terpenoids were present in all the solvent extracts of whole flour & bran rich fraction. Antioxidants were extracted using methanol, ethanol and water. Methanolic extracts of whole flour and bran rich fraction exhibited a significantly higher (Pþinspace<þinspace0.05) radical scavenging activity (44.62% & 51.80% respectively) using DPPH model system, and reducing power (0.381 & 0.455 respectively) at 2 mg, than the other solvents used for extraction. As bran rich fraction showed the highest antioxidant activity, suggesting the presence of antioxidant components in the bran layer.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Antioxidant activity, Commercial foxtail millet, Phytochemicals, Whole flour, Bran rich fraction
Subjects:	B Life Science > Food Science and Nutrition
Divisions:	Department of > Food Science and Nutrition
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	18 Jul 2019 05:22
Last Modified:	18 Jul 2019 05:22
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/5328

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