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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,

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