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Antioxidant Activity of a Mediterranean Food Product: “Fig Syrup”

In this work, the efficacy of fig syrup, a Mediterranean fig derivative, as a nutraceutical supplement, was demonstrated. Fig syrup is a fruit concentrate used as a common ingredient in the preparation of typical foods, and particularly in cakes. In vitro assays were performed to determine the amoun...

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Autores principales: Puoci, Francesco, Iemma, Francesca, Spizzirri, Umile G., Restuccia, Donatella, Pezzi, Vincenzo, Sirianni, Rosa, Manganaro, Lillo, Curcio, Manuela, Parisi, Ortensia I., Cirillo, Giuseppe, Picci, Nevio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22254099
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu3030317
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author Puoci, Francesco
Iemma, Francesca
Spizzirri, Umile G.
Restuccia, Donatella
Pezzi, Vincenzo
Sirianni, Rosa
Manganaro, Lillo
Curcio, Manuela
Parisi, Ortensia I.
Cirillo, Giuseppe
Picci, Nevio
author_facet Puoci, Francesco
Iemma, Francesca
Spizzirri, Umile G.
Restuccia, Donatella
Pezzi, Vincenzo
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Manganaro, Lillo
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Parisi, Ortensia I.
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description In this work, the efficacy of fig syrup, a Mediterranean fig derivative, as a nutraceutical supplement, was demonstrated. Fig syrup is a fruit concentrate used as a common ingredient in the preparation of typical foods, and particularly in cakes. In vitro assays were performed to determine the amount of nutraceutical ingredients, such as phenolic compounds (3.92 mg equivalent of gallic acid per g) and flavonoids (0.35 mg equivalent of catechin per g), while HPLC analyses provided specific information about the composition of antioxidants in the syrup. Furthermore, total antioxidant activity, scavenging properties against DPPH and peroxyl radicals, and the anticholinesterase activity, clearly showed the efficacy of the syrup in preventing damage induced by free radicals and, thus, the applicability of this food derivative as a nutraceutical supplement.
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spelling pubmed-32577442012-01-17 Antioxidant Activity of a Mediterranean Food Product: “Fig Syrup” Puoci, Francesco Iemma, Francesca Spizzirri, Umile G. Restuccia, Donatella Pezzi, Vincenzo Sirianni, Rosa Manganaro, Lillo Curcio, Manuela Parisi, Ortensia I. Cirillo, Giuseppe Picci, Nevio Nutrients Article In this work, the efficacy of fig syrup, a Mediterranean fig derivative, as a nutraceutical supplement, was demonstrated. Fig syrup is a fruit concentrate used as a common ingredient in the preparation of typical foods, and particularly in cakes. In vitro assays were performed to determine the amount of nutraceutical ingredients, such as phenolic compounds (3.92 mg equivalent of gallic acid per g) and flavonoids (0.35 mg equivalent of catechin per g), while HPLC analyses provided specific information about the composition of antioxidants in the syrup. Furthermore, total antioxidant activity, scavenging properties against DPPH and peroxyl radicals, and the anticholinesterase activity, clearly showed the efficacy of the syrup in preventing damage induced by free radicals and, thus, the applicability of this food derivative as a nutraceutical supplement. MDPI 2011-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3257744/ /pubmed/22254099 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu3030317 Text en © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Curcio, Manuela
Parisi, Ortensia I.
Cirillo, Giuseppe
Picci, Nevio
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu3030317
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