Volume 18, Issue 2, October 2015, Pages 379–385
Hajar Rizki1, F. Kzaiber2, M. Elharfi3, Abdelghani Nablousi4, S. Ennahli5, and H. Hanine6
1 Laboratory of valorization and security of food products, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
2 Laboratory of applied spectro-chimie and environnement, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
3 Laboratory of valorization and security of food products, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
4 Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Regional Agricultural Research Centre of Meknes, Meknes, Morocco
5 Department of biology, High school of agriculture, Meknes, Morocco
6 Laboratory of development and food safety, Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal, University of Sultan Moulay slimane, 21000- Beni Mellal, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sesame (Sesamum indicum.L) is one of the most important oilseed crops, having seeds and oil that are highly valued as a traditional health food and recently, natural antioxidants have gained increased interest because natural food ingredients are safer than synthetic ones. Antioxidant activity and bioactive molecular tests were carried out on 16cultivars of sesame seeds from different areas in the world. This activity was found to be high ranging between 59 and 64% for the samples; this result can be related to the large amount of phenolic and flavonoid contents with the values 3.79-3.97 mg/g and 0.127-0.147mg/g respectively. The flavonols content was ranging between 0.400 and 0.421mg/g EQ per mg extract. those results strongly suggest that phenolics compounds are a good natural antioxidant and also put the American cultivar in the first choice for the customer with the Indian and Morocco ones. Due to its all favorable properties; sesame seeds could be used in either food or cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.
Author Keywords: Sesame (sesamum indicum), Antioxidant activity, Phenolic, Flavonoid, Flavonols.
Hajar Rizki1, F. Kzaiber2, M. Elharfi3, Abdelghani Nablousi4, S. Ennahli5, and H. Hanine6
1 Laboratory of valorization and security of food products, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
2 Laboratory of applied spectro-chimie and environnement, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
3 Laboratory of valorization and security of food products, University S. Moulay Slimane, Faculty of sciences and techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
4 Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Regional Agricultural Research Centre of Meknes, Meknes, Morocco
5 Department of biology, High school of agriculture, Meknes, Morocco
6 Laboratory of development and food safety, Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal, University of Sultan Moulay slimane, 21000- Beni Mellal, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Sesame (Sesamum indicum.L) is one of the most important oilseed crops, having seeds and oil that are highly valued as a traditional health food and recently, natural antioxidants have gained increased interest because natural food ingredients are safer than synthetic ones. Antioxidant activity and bioactive molecular tests were carried out on 16cultivars of sesame seeds from different areas in the world. This activity was found to be high ranging between 59 and 64% for the samples; this result can be related to the large amount of phenolic and flavonoid contents with the values 3.79-3.97 mg/g and 0.127-0.147mg/g respectively. The flavonols content was ranging between 0.400 and 0.421mg/g EQ per mg extract. those results strongly suggest that phenolics compounds are a good natural antioxidant and also put the American cultivar in the first choice for the customer with the Indian and Morocco ones. Due to its all favorable properties; sesame seeds could be used in either food or cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.
Author Keywords: Sesame (sesamum indicum), Antioxidant activity, Phenolic, Flavonoid, Flavonols.
How to Cite this Article
Hajar Rizki, F. Kzaiber, M. Elharfi, Abdelghani Nablousi, S. Ennahli, and H. Hanine, “Assessment of Antioxidant Capacity of 16 Cultivars of Sesame (Sesamum indicum.L) from Different Areas,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 379–385, October 2015.
