Validation of the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) parameter as a new index of quality and stability of virgin olive oil |
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Authors: | Paolino Ninfali Mara Bacchiocca Enrica Biagiotti Maurizio Servili Gianfrancesco Montedoro |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Food Science, University of Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy;(2) Istituto di Chimica Biologica “G. Fornaini, Università di Urbino, Via A. Saffi 2, I-61029 Urbino (PU), Italy |
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Abstract: | The induction period (IP), determined using accelerated methods such as the Rancimat test, is a parameter that has been used to predict the shelf life of virgin olive oil. The oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) has recently been proposed as a quality index of virgin olive oil because it measures the efficiency of phenolic compounds in the protection against peroxyl radicals. This study aims to investigate relationships between the ORAC and IP values and proposes ORAC as a new parameter of virgin olive oil stability. The concentrations of phenolics, o-diphenols, tocopherol, β-carotene, lutein, and ORAC and IP values were determined in 33 virgin olive oils. Regression analyses showed that both ORAC and IP values correlate with total phenols and o-diphenols with highly significant indices, whereas the correlations of both ORAC and IP with tocopherols, β-carotene, and lutein were not significant. The ORAC values correlate with the IP values with low but significant indices (R=0.42; P<0.02). The results confirm the key role of phenolic compounds in accounting for the shelf life of virgin olive oil and suggest that the ORAC parameter may be used as a new index of quality and stability. |
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Keywords: | β -Carotene extra virgin olive oils induction period lipoperoxidation oxygen radical absorbance capacity phenolic compounds tocopherol |
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