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2400 J. Med. Plants Res.<br />

Figure 3. ABTS redical scavenging of five typs of RRHs. Each value is the mean ± SD of<br />

triplicate measurements.<br />

correlation coefficients were 0.79, 0.83, 0.81, 0.84 and<br />

0.83, respectively. The experimental data reveal that<br />

RRHsIV have a stronger effect of scavenging free radical<br />

(P < 0.05) than other RRHs. It is likely due to higher<br />

reductive ability of RRHsIV. A number of studies found<br />

that a relation should be located between antioxidant<br />

activity and the reducing power (Duh, 1998; Yu et al.,<br />

2002; Li et al., 2008). Our results are in agreement with<br />

these literatures. Thus, reductive ability may indirectly<br />

reflect capacity of scavenging free radical.<br />

Determination by ABTS assay<br />

ABTS assays are widely used for assessing the<br />

antioxidant capacity of both hydrophilic and lipophilic<br />

compounds, food products, extracts and biological fluids.<br />

The method is rapid and easy to perform, avoids<br />

unwanted reactions and does not require drastic<br />

conditions to generate radicals (Singh and Singh 2008).<br />

Figure 3 showed all of RRHs samples which possessed<br />

definite antioxidant activity. The ABTS· scavenging ratio<br />

of all the RRHs also correlated with concentration<br />

strongly (correlation coefficients > 0.96). As we expected,<br />

RRHsIV exhibited a higher ability (P < 0.05) for<br />

scavenging ABTS radical than those of RRHsI, RRHsII,<br />

RRHsIII and RRHsV. The scavenging ability of the five<br />

samples against ABTS radical decreased in the order of<br />

RRHsIV > RRHsIII > RRHsI > RRHsII > RRHsV.<br />

Conclusions<br />

ABTS•scavenging ratio(%)<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

-10<br />

In the present study, three in vitro assays were applied to<br />

evaluate the antioxidant potency of five RRHs fermented<br />

by different strains of molds. Overall results showed that<br />

0 1.5 3 6 10 12<br />

Concentration(mg/ml)<br />

all the RRHs have antioxidant capacity and RRHsIV<br />

exhibited a higher antioxidant activity than those of four<br />

other RRHs. Considering this, rice residue is an abundant<br />

resource and not efficiently utilized in China, RRHs may<br />

be developed as a new food additive. Further studies are<br />

required to study the in vivo antioxidant activity and<br />

isolation of active compounds of RRHs.<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support<br />

Program of the “Twelfth Five-year Plan” for Science and<br />

Technology Research of China (Project No.<br />

2012BAD34B02) and Special Fund for Agro-scientific<br />

Research in the Public Interest of China (Grant No.<br />

200903043-2).<br />

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