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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Müller, Lars
• Goupy, Pascale
• Fröhlich, Kati
• Dangles, Olivier
• Caris-Veyrat, Catherine
• Böhm, Volker

Titel

Comparative Study on Antioxidant Activity of Lycopene (Z)-Isomers in Different Assays

Ist Teil von

• Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2011-05, Vol.59 (9), p.4504-4511

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Several studies have implicated the potent antioxidant properties of lycopene. However, most of the studies used only the (all-E)-isomer. (Z)-Isomers of lycopene were found in substantial amounts in processed foods and in human tissues. In the present study, we investigated in vitro the antioxidant activity of (5Z)-, (9Z)-, and (13Z)-lycopene compared to the (all-E)-isomer. Additionally, prolycopene, the (7Z,9Z,7′Z,9′Z)-isomer found in tangerine tomatoes, was analyzed. No significant differences were found between the isomers in ferric reducing antioxidant power assay and in bleaching the radical cation of 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), both based on ET mechanisms. In contrast, scavenging activity against peroxyl radicals generated by thermal degradation of 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane) (AAPH) was higher in the (Z)-isomers. (5Z)-Lycopene was most antioxidant in scavenging lipid peroxyl radicals, evaluated by analyzing the inhibition of MbFeIII lipid peroxidation of linoleic acid in mildly acidic conditions (pH 5.8) in a micellar environment, modeling a possible antioxidant action in the gastric compartment.