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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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