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Protein derived from the oyster (Saccostrea cucullata) was hydrolyzed using protease from Bacillus cereus SU12 for isolation of antioxidant peptides. The oyster hydrolysate exhibited a strong antioxidant potential in DPPH (85.7±0.37%) followed by Hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activity (81.6±0.3%), Hydroxyl radical-scavenging activity (79.32±0.6%), Reducing power assay (2.63±0.2 OD at 700nm). Due to the high antioxidant potential, hydrolysate was fractionated in Sephadex G-25 gel filtration chromatography. The active peptide fraction was further purified by UPLC-MS. Totally 7 antioxidant peptides were collected. Among 7 peptides (SCAP 1-7), 3 peptides (SCAP 1, 3 and 7) had highest scavenging ability on DPPH radicals. The amino acid sequence and molecular mass of purified antioxidant peptides (SCAP1, SCAP3 and SCAP7) were determined by Q-TOF ESI mass spectroscopy and structures of the peptides were Leu-Ala-Asn-Ala-Lys (MW=515.29Da), Pro-Ser-Leu-Val-Gly-Arg-Pro-Pro-Val-Gly-Lys-Leu-Thr-Leu (MW=1432.89Da) and Val-Lys-Val-Leu-Leu-Glu-His-Pro-Val-Leu (MW=1145.75Da), respectively. The unique amino acid composition and sequence in the peptides might play an important role in expression of their antioxidant activity. The results of this study suggest that oyster protein hydrolysate is good source of natural antioxidants.

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(1)H and (13)C NMR spectra have been recorded for 2r,6c-diphenylpiperidin-4-one (1a), 3t-alkyl-2r,6c-diphenylpiperidin-4-ones 1b-d, 3t-alkyl-2r,6c-diphenyl-4-oxopiperidinium nitrates 2b and 2d, 3t-alkyl-2r,6c-diphenylpiperidin-4-one hydrochlorides 3a-c and 3t-methyl-2r,6c-diphenyl-4-oxopiperidinium picrate 4b in DMSO-d(6). For 1b, 2b and 3b, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra have been recorded in CH(3)OD also. For 1b, 1d, 2b, 2d, 3b and 4b, 2D spectra have also been recorded. In DMSO-d(6) the protons of the piperidine ring and the ortho protons of the phenyl groups are markedly deshielded due to protonation. Protonation shields all the carbons of the piperidine ring and the ipso carbons of the phenyl groups markedly but deshields the other aromatic carbons slightly. The deshieldings on H-3a, H-5a and the ortho protons of the phenyl groups are less in the nitrate and picrate than in the corresponding hydrochloride. The effects on (13)C chemical shifts are not influenced by the co-anion. These observations suggest that the nitrates and pictrate exist as ion pairs in DMSO-d(6) and the nitrate and picrate ions shield, H-3a, H-5a and the ortho protons by magnetic anistropic effect. In CH(3)OD for 2b and 3b in addition to the ion-pair containing free ions two ion-pairs containing solvated ions are also present. The effects of protonation in the ion pairs containing the solvated ions are significantly different from those in the ion-pair containing free ions.

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