Antioxidant activity of Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) fruit |
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Authors: | Eiji Yamazaki Minoru Inagaki Osamu Kurita Tetsuji Inoue |
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Affiliation: | 1. Industrial Research Division, Mie prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center, Takachaya 5-5-45, Tsu, Mie 514-0819, Japan;2. Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurima-machiyamaci, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan |
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Abstract: | Antioxidants were extracted from Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) fruit and characterized. The antioxidant activity of the methanol extract from Japanese pepper fruit was found to be equal to that of α-tocopherol and stable under heat treatment. The main compounds that gave a significant antioxidant activity from the methanol extract were identified to be hyperoside (quercetin-3-O-galactoside) and quercitrin (quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside) as determined by HPLC, mass spectrometry, UV/Vis spectroscopy, and TLC. Radical-scavenging activities of hyperoside and quercitrin from Japanese pepper fruit were evaluated using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. As a result, hyperoside and quercitrin scavenged DPPH radical strongly with IC50 values of 16 and 18 μM, respectively. These observations show the presence of strong antioxidants, namely hyperoside and quercitrin in Japanese pepper fruit. |
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Keywords: | Japanese pepper Antioxidant 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl Hyperoside Quercitrin |
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