Grape byproducts were subjected to an extraction process under various different experimental conditions (namely, solvent type, temperature, solvent-to-solid ratio, time contact, and raw material) in order to study the effect of these conditions on the yield of phenolic compounds and the corresponding antiradical activity of extracts. Although the order of decreasing capacity to extract soluble materials was ethanol > methanol > water, methanol was the most selective for extracting phenolic compounds. Temperature and solvent-to-solid ratio were found to have a critical role in extraction efficiency; values of 50 degrees C (between 25 and 50 degrees C) and 1:1 (between 1:1 and 5:1) maximized the antiradical activity of phenolic extracts. In addition, extracts from grape samples previously subjected to distillation reached higher antiradical values in comparison to those coming directly from pressing; in both cases, seed extracts showed better results than those of stem when ethanol or water was employed, whereas the opposite occurred in the case of methanol. These differences were attributed to the different phenolic compositions of the considered fractions.
In this work, a study about the consequences of the interaction among phenol compounds on
antioxidant capacity is proposed. The antiradical activity evolution of an ethanol solution containing
a mixture of three monophenols (catechin, resveratrol, and quercetin) was compared with the trend
followed by each single phenol at three different temperatures (22, 37, and 60 °C). An initial increase
and a following decrease in antioxidant activity were observed for all solutions at the three
temperatures. The lower antiradical activity values of the mixture in comparison to the controls during
the entire period of storage clearly showed that interaction among these polyphenols promotes a
negative sinergistic effect on this property.
Keywords: Antiradical activity; phenols; oxidation; negative synergism; temperature
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