Kim, Ju-Sung and Hyun, Tae Kyung and Kim, Myong-Jo (2010) Anti-oxidative activities of sorghum, foxtail millet and proso millet extracts. African Journal of Biotechnology , 9 (18). pp. 2683-2690.
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In this study, sorghum, foxtail millet and proso millet extracts were evaluated by various in vitro antioxidant assays, including 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity, reducing power by Fe3+- Fe2+ transformation, and anti-lipid peroxidative activity by ferric thiocyanate. The sorghum extract contained high amount of phenolic compounds as well as a high level of antioxidant activity compared with foxtail millet and proso millet extracts. In addition, among the sorghum cultivar, me-susu (Sorghum dochna var. technicum, Snowden) extracts exhibited high levels of free radical scavenging activity, anti-oxidant capacity and anti-lipid peroxidative activity compared with �- tocopherol. Taken together, these findings suggest that me-susu extracts can be considered good sources of natural anti-oxidants
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Oriental Bio-herb Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, South Korea. |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Biotechnology |
| Divisions: | Millet Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2010 22:47 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Dec 2010 20:33 |
| Official URL: | http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/PDF/pdf2010/3M... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/610 |
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