Impact of roasting and boiling on the phenolic constituents, anti-radicals, xanthine oxidase (XO), and angiotensin 1-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory potentials of Brachystegia eurycoma seeds (BES) was evaluated. Raw BES contained caffeic acid, ellagic acid, rutin, and quercetin as the predominant phenolics, and strongly scavenged DPPH* and ABTS* + , and inhibited XO and ACE. Both roasting and boiling resulted in decrease in the levels of phenolics and bioactivities of the seeds, but roasted seeds retained higher levels of the phenolics and the bioactivities than the boiled seeds. Roasting could be recommended as a valuable processing method for the retention of the phenolics and bioactivities of BES.
ARTICLE HISTORY
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.