Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1135
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: An online NP-HPLC-DPPH method for the determination of the antioxidant activity of condensed polyphenols in cocoa
Authors: Pedan, Vasilisa
Fischer, Norbert
Rohn, Sascha
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-1135
10.1016/j.foodres.2015.10.030
Published in: Food Research International
Issue Date: 9-Nov-2015
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Elsevier
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Amsterdam
ISSN: 0963-9969
1873-7145
Language: English
Subjects: Condensed cocoa polyphenols; Degree of polymerisation; Online NP-HPLC-DPPH; Antioxidant capacity
Subject (DDC): 664: Food technology
Abstract: Unroasted cocoa beans are rich in monomeric flavanols and particularly epicatechin-based proanthocyanidin oligomers, with the latter making up to 60% of the total polyphenol content. Although the antioxidant activity of cocoa polyphenols is well known, it is still a challenging analytical field, especially, when it comes to the determination of condensed polyphenols and the evaluation of their single contribution to the overall activity. Therefore, an online NP-HPLC-DPPH assay was developed to separate the homologous series of condensed polyphenols for assessing their antioxidant capacity in relation to their degree of polymerization (DP), simultaneously. In this context, normal-phase chromatography allows separation of polyphenols based on their degree of polymerization. This study showed that an unroasted cocoa extract contains condensed polyphenols with a DP of up to 10 monomer units. By means of the online post-column derivatisation with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), the antioxidant capacity of the separated condensed polyphenols was assessed. It could be shown that, with the exception of the dimers, the contribution to the total antioxidant activity decreased from monomers to decamers. However, from the single proanthocyanidins identified, nonameric and decameric proanthocyanidins were found to have the highest values for the antioxidant capacity. The degree of polymerization associated with each molecular weight fraction was further confirmed using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry coupled with reverse-phase liquid chromatography. The online NP-HPLC-DPPH method can be used as qualitative and quantitative analysis of condensed proanthocyanidins and the simultaneous elucidation of the biological activity of proanthocyanidins in complex mixtures.
Further description: In Press
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1135
Fulltext version: Accepted version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Restricted until: 2016-11-09
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation (ILGI)
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Pedan, V., Fischer, N., & Rohn, S. (2015). An online NP-HPLC-DPPH method for the determination of the antioxidant activity of condensed polyphenols in cocoa. Food Research International. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1135
Pedan, V., Fischer, N. and Rohn, S. (2015) ‘An online NP-HPLC-DPPH method for the determination of the antioxidant activity of condensed polyphenols in cocoa’, Food Research International [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1135.
V. Pedan, N. Fischer, and S. Rohn, “An online NP-HPLC-DPPH method for the determination of the antioxidant activity of condensed polyphenols in cocoa,” Food Research International, Nov. 2015, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1135.
PEDAN, Vasilisa, Norbert FISCHER und Sascha ROHN, 2015. An online NP-HPLC-DPPH method for the determination of the antioxidant activity of condensed polyphenols in cocoa. Food Research International. 9 November 2015. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1135
Pedan, Vasilisa, Norbert Fischer, and Sascha Rohn. 2015. “An Online NP-HPLC-DPPH Method for the Determination of the Antioxidant Activity of Condensed Polyphenols in Cocoa.” Food Research International, November. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1135.
Pedan, Vasilisa, et al. “An Online NP-HPLC-DPPH Method for the Determination of the Antioxidant Activity of Condensed Polyphenols in Cocoa.” Food Research International, Nov. 2015, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1135.


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