Star-anise (Illicium verum) and black caraway (Carum nigrum) as natural antioxidants |
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Authors: | A Padmashree N RoopaAD Semwal GK SharmaG Agathian AS Bawa |
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Affiliation: | Defence Food Research Laboratory, Siddartha Nagar, Mysore 570 011, Karnataka, India |
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Abstract: | The various solvent fractions of star-anise (Illicium verum) and black caraway (Carum nigrum), along with their spice powders and volatile oils, were prepared and evaluated for antioxygenic activity, using different methods. Star-anise powder and its ethanol/water (80:20)-soluble fraction showed strong antioxygenic activity in refined sunflower oil while the petroleum ether fraction exhibited marginal antioxygenic activity and the water-soluble fraction was practically devoid of any activity in sunflower oil. The black caraway powder showed marginal antioxygenic activity while its ethanol/water fraction (80:20) showed strong antioxygenic activity and all other fractions showed slight pro-oxygenic activity in refined sunflower oil. Both the spice powders and their extracts were also evaluated for antioxidant activity by linoleic acid peroxidaton, β-carotene-linoleate and 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) methods. Both the star-anise and black caraway powders, as well as their ethanol/water extracts, exhibited strong antioxygenic activity. Volatile oils from both the spices exhibited antioxygenic activity and the activity did not seem to be concentration-dependent. Volatile oils from star-anise showed relatively higher antioxygenic activity than did those from black caraway. Gas chromatography–mass spectroscopy (GC–MS) studies on star-anise and black caraway volatile oils resulted in the identification of 25 and 22 compounds, respectively, representing 94–97% of the total content. |
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Keywords: | Star-anise Black caraway Antioxygenic activity Solvent extracts Phenolics Flavonoids |
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