FOOD. Science. Technology. Quality

Food. SCIENCE. Technology. Quality

Food. Science. TECHNOLOGY. Quality

Food. Science. Technology. QUALITY

Authors

AGNIESZKA SZAJDEK, EULALIA JULITTA BOROWSKA, JERZY BOROWSKI, BARTŁOMIEJ SACZUK

Title

Fruit mousses as the source of natural antioxidants

Abstract

The objective of the paper was to characterize the trade mousses made of apple, apple-pear, applepeach, apple-strawberry, apple-cherry, and apple-currant with regard to their: total content of phenolic compounds, DPPH˙ and OH˙ radical scavenging activity, and to such major chemical characteristics as dry matter, extract, and acidity. The results obtained were statistically analyzed. To evaluate the significance of differences among the means, a Duncan’s test was applied. It was proved that the analyzed mousses differed statistically significantly (p<0.05) with regard to the content of total phenolic compounds and DPPH˙ & OH˙ radical scavenging activity depending on the fruit species. The apple-currant mousse had the highest content of total phenolic compounds (216.97 mg/100 g) and, at the same time, it showed the highest DPPH˙ radical scavenging activity (EC50 = 2.83 mg of mousse). But this activity was the lowest (EC50 = 17.10 mg of mousse) in the apple-pear mousse that also had the lowest concentration of total phenolic compounds (54.20 mg/100 g). The apple-currant mousse was characterized by the highest antiradical efficiency (AE) with respect to DPPH˙. As for the OH˙ radicals, the apple-pear mousse was found to be the most active. The differences found in the contents of total phenolic compounds, in the DPPH˙ and OH˙ radical scavenging activity, and in the antiradical efficiency, depending on the fruit components contained in the analyzed mousses, may provide a basis for designing special composition formulas for the purpose of manufacturing products showing specific, necessary antioxidant properties.

Keywords

fruit mousses, total phenolic compounds, DPPH˙ and OH˙ radical scavenging activity

Download