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标题：The Impact of Germination on Sorghum Nutraceutical Properties
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作者：Nafiou Arouna ; Morena Gabriele ; Laura Pucci 等
期刊名称：Foods
电子版ISSN：2304-8158
出版年度：2020
卷号：9
期号：9
页码：1218-1230
DOI：10.3390/foods9091218
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Sorghum is a gluten-free cereal representing a staple food in many countries of Africa, where germination is traditionally used for the preparation of several sorghum-based products. This study focused on the effect of germination on total phenolic content, in vitro and ex vivo antioxidant activity, and antihypertensive action of sorghum from Togo. Total phenolic content was estimated as Folin–Ciocalteu reducing capacity, while antioxidant activities were assessed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) in vitro tests and ex vivo by the cellular antioxidant activity (CAA) assay on human erythrocytes. The antihypertensive effect of germinated and non-germinated sorghum peptides fraction was evaluated as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity. Despite our findings demonstrated no impact of germination on the total phenolic content, non-germinated sorghum showed significantly higher in vitro antioxidant activities than the germinated one; further, non-germinated sorghum displayed significantly higher ACE inhibition than germinated sorghum that, instead, at lower doses, exhibited better erythrocytes protection from peroxyl radicals. In conclusion, the germination process negatively impacted the in vitro antioxidant activity and the antihypertensive effect of sorghum while improved erythrocytes protection. This study evidenced better nutraceutical potential of non-germinated sorghum that, besides good antioxidant activity, represents an important source of ACE-inhibitory peptides. However, the germination process might have positively impacted the profile of bioactive compounds involved in the protection of human erythrocytes from oxidative damage.
关键词：sorghum; germination; total phenolic content; antioxidant activity; CAA-RBC; bioactive peptides; angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor activity sorghum ; germination ; total phenolic content ; antioxidant activity ; CAA-RBC ; bioactive peptides ; angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor activity