TY  - JOUR
TI  - Investigation of Mineral Components and Antioxidant Properties of a Healthy Red Fruit: Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.)
AB  - The mineral components of the foodstuff consumed by an individual are important in thegrowth and development of a human being. In recent years red fruits, because of their potentialbeneficial health effects, are getting attention of both consumers and manufacturers. One of the redfruits, Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.), was investigated in terms of both mineral components andantioxidant properties. The mineral components include calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), potassium (K),magnesium (Mg), and zinc (Zn) in this fruit were determined using flame atomic absorptionspectrometry (FAAS). The antioxidant activity tests were applied to the extracts obtained usingdifferent solvents to examine the antioxidant properties of this fruit. Statistical analysis indicatedthat while the best results were obtained from acetone extracts, the lowest results were obtainedfrom water extracts for all antioxidant activity tests (p<0.05). The best average values for DPPH andABTS radical scavenging capacity, reducing power, total phenolic content and total flavonoid contentin acetone extracts were found to be 1053.72±38.12 mg TEAC/100 g FW and 2907.34±152.05 mgTEAC/100 g FW, 5894.99±251.05 mg TEAC/100 g FW, 2979.25±69.40 mg GAE/100 g FW and255.75±14.92 mg QE/100 g FW, respectively.
AU  - KARAASLAN, Merve Gökşin
AU  - KARAASLAN, Nagihan M
AU  - Ates, Burhan
DO  - 10.18596/jotcsa.449593
PY  - 2018
JO  - Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
SN  - 2149-0120
SP  - 1319
EP  - 1326
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/326849
ER  -