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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(12), pp. 2396-2401, 30 March, 2012<br />
Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR<br />
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.1190<br />
ISSN 1996-0875 ©2012 <strong>Academic</strong> <strong>Journals</strong><br />
Full Length Research Paper<br />
In vitro antioxidant capacities of rice residue<br />
hydrolysates from fermented broth of five mold strains<br />
Wei Tian 1 , Qinlu Lin 1,2* and Gao-Qiang Liu 2,3*<br />
1 College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P. R. China.<br />
2 National Engineering Laboratory for Rice and By-product Further Processing, Central South University of Forestry and<br />
Technology, Changsha 410004, P. R. China.<br />
3 College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004,<br />
P. R. China.<br />
Accepted 22 February, 2012<br />
Rice residue was fermented by five different strains of molds, namely, Aspergillus oryzae, Mucor<br />
racemosus, Rhizopus oligosporrus, Aspergillium niger and Penicillium glaucum. Antioxidant activities<br />
of the fermented products, rice residue hydrolysates (RRHs) were evaluated using ferric reducing<br />
antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and 2,2′-azinobis (3ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic<br />
acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) assay, respectively. Among five types of<br />
RRHs, RRHs from fermented broth of A. niger (RRHsIV) exhibited higher antioxidant potential than<br />
those of other RRHs in the same concentration level, regardless of the applied assays. Moreover, there<br />
was no correlation between reducing power and total phenonic contents in the five RRHs. However,<br />
FRAP values were highly correlated with phenol contents.<br />
Key words: Rice residue, hydrolysates, antioxidant capacity, fermentation.<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) including oxygencentered<br />
radicals and some non-radical derivatives of<br />
oxygen cause oxidative stress to cells. Oxidative stress<br />
can be defined as an imbalance between pro-oxidant/free<br />
radical production and opposing antioxidant defenses. It<br />
has been reported that acute and chronic oxidatives<br />
stress implicated in degenerative diseases, such as<br />
athrosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, ischemia/reperfusion<br />
injury, Alzheimer‟s disease, inflammatory diseases,<br />
carcinogenesis, neurodegenerative diseases,<br />
hypertension, ocular diseases, pulmonary diseases and<br />
hematological diseases (Maxwell, 1995; Opara,<br />
2004).ROS can be scavenged by exogenously obtained<br />
antioxidants, which include synthetic antioxidants and<br />
natural antioxidants.<br />
The use of synthetic antioxidants, because of their<br />
potential health hazard and toxicity, is under strict<br />
regulation. Thus, there is recently an upsurge of interest<br />
*Corresponding author. E-mail: gaoliuedu@yahoo.com.cn.<br />
Tel/Fax: +86 731 8562 3498.<br />
in antioxidative compounds in many natural resources.<br />
Hydrolysates derived from dietary source have been<br />
demonstrated to possess potent antioxidant capacity. It is<br />
likely due to an array of antioxidative components (low<br />
molecular peptides, oligosaccharides and Maillard<br />
reaction products) formed during hydrolytic process<br />
(Mendis et al., 2005; Wang et al., 2010; Dittrich et al.,<br />
2003).<br />
Rice residue is the by-product of rice in the processing<br />
of starch sugar and monosodium glutamate, which<br />
contains more than 50% protein as well as 40%<br />
polysaccharide and dextrin, according to our previous<br />
determination. Whereas, it is usually used as an animal<br />
feed without efficient utilization in China. Microbial<br />
sources have been shown to be a potential means of<br />
producing natural antioxidants (Ishikawa, 1992). It has<br />
been reported that many molds produced antioxidants<br />
that can be extracted from broth culture filtrates by ethyl<br />
acetate (Yen and Lee, 1996). Yen et al. (2003) reported<br />
that antioxidant activity of ethyl acetate extracts from rice<br />
koji showed a marked antioxidants activity on radical<br />
scavenging effect and inhibitory effect on peroxidation of<br />
linoleic. Due to its abundant nitrogen and carbon sources,