FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (12): 52-56.

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Evaluating the Antioxidant Activity of Several Kinds of Fruits and Vegetables

 YU  Xiao-Lin,   Meng-Ling-Hua,   Deng-Rui-Jun,   Xu-Bu-Qian   

  • Online:2001-12-15 Published:2012-02-14

Abstract: The antioxidant activity and water-soluble total phenols content of 38 fruits and vegetables gathered from south of china (edible portion)were assayed by using the bleaching of β-carotene-linolic acid model assy, The correlation of activity and content was compared. It was found that ginger、purple cabbage、banana、strawberry and black olive had the higher antioxidant activity. The water -soluble total phenols content of all samples ranged from 15.37 to 339.49mg/100g.The correlation between the antioxidant activity and total phenols content of all samples was r=-0.47.After classifying on the basis of the characteristic component of the samples,the correlation between the antioxidant activity and total phenols content of the anthocyanin,chlorophyll and flavonoid was r=-0.58,-0.59and -0.81respectively.So it could the inferred that there was a high correlation between the antioxidant activity and the characteristic components of the fruits and vegetables.

Key words:  , Fruits Vegetables The antioxidant activity The total phenols content Correlation;