Antioxidant activity of rapeseed phenolics and their interactions with tocopherols during lipid oxidation

Commercial rapeseed press cakes are rich sources of phenolic compounds, namely, sinapic acid derivatives, which can be extracted as free sinapic acid and its bound forms (such as sinapine, the choline ester of sinapic acid). Fractionated rapeseed extracts rich in sinapic acid and sinapine were compared for their capacity to inhibit the formation of lipid oxidation products. Oxidation at 40°C was monitored by the formation of hydroperoxides (indicating primary oxidation products) and propanal (secondary oxidation products). The 70% methanolic extract of rapeseed meal, added as an equivalent of 500 μmol/kg oil (based on sinapic acid equivalent for sinapic acid-rich extracts or sinapine equivalent for sinapinerich extracts) showed good antioxidative activity compared with the addition of 500 μmol/kg oil sinapic acid. Apart from this, the interaction between a mixture of α-/γ-tocopherol and sinapic acid was investigated using response surface methodology for the experimental design. The experiments indicated that the addition of sinapic acid (concentration dependent) caused inhibition of peroxide formation, complementing further lower endogenous tocopherol concentration in oils.

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