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Antioxidant activity of Satureja bachtiarica Bunge essential oil in rapeseed oil irradiated with UV rays
Author(s) -
Hashemi Mohammad Bagher,
Niakousari Mehrdad,
Saharkhiz Mohammad Jamal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/ejlt.201000547
Subject(s) - chemistry , butylated hydroxytoluene , carvacrol , antioxidant , autoxidation , butylated hydroxyanisole , thymol , dpph , food science , essential oil , organic chemistry , chromatography , nuclear chemistry
In this study, application of two concentrations (0.03 and 0.06%) of Satureja bachtiarica Bunge essential oil (EO) were examined on oxidative stability of rapeseed oil (RO) during autoxidation and after irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) rays (exposition 30 min) at 60°C. The main compounds of EO extracted by the recently designed ohmic ultrasonic extractor (distillation unit) were identified as thymol (∼30%), carvacrol (∼15%) and caryophyllene oxide (∼12%). Antioxidant activity of EO was compared to butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) during autoxidation. The UV rays induced oxidation process in RO samples both with and without additives. This effect was more vigorous when irradiation was carried out prior to addition of the additives. It was further established that antioxidant activity of EO was better than BHT in samples treated by UV rays. Moreover, EO was able to reduce the stable free radical 2, 2′‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) with a 50% inhibition concentration (IC 50 ) of 32.5 ± 0.6 µg/mL. The findings show the good potential of EO when it is used as a natural antioxidant in food lipids.