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The antioxidant activity of crude tannins of canola and rapeseed hulls was evaluated by β-carotene-linoleate, α,α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, and reducing power assays. Crude tannins were extracted from three samples of Cyclone canola (high-tannin) hulls and Kolner, Ligaret, and Leo Polish rapeseed (low-tannin) hulls with 70% (vol/vol) acetone. The total phenolic content in crude tannin extracts ranged between 128 and 296 mg of sinapic acid equivalents per 1 g of extract. The ultraviolet spectra of methanolic solution of canola extracts showed two absorption maxima (282 and 309 nm), whereas those of rapeseed extracts exhibited a single maximum (326 nm). Crude tannins isolated from canola hulls exerted significantly (P<0.025) greater antioxidant activity than those from rapeseed in all three assays. The scavenging effect of all crude tannins, at a dose of 1 mg, on the DPPH radical ranged from 35.2 to 50.5%. The reducing power of Cyclone canola hull extracts on potassium ferricyanide was significantly (P≤0.0025) greater than that of rapeseed hull extracts, and the observed data correlated well (r=0.966; P=0.002) with the total content of phenolics present.
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Amarowicz, R., Naczk, M. & Shahidi, F. Antioxidant activity of crude tannins of canola and rapeseed hulls. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 77, 957–961 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-000-0151-0
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