Antioxidant activity and prevention of pork meat lipid oxidation using traditional Mexican condiments (pasilla dry pepper, achiote, and mole sauce)

Considering the extensive use of hot peppers and spicy sauces in the Mexican cuisine, in the present paper, three widely consumed Mexican condiments (mole sauce, achiote, and pasilla hot pepper) were analyzed for their total phenols, flavonoids and proanthocyanidins, antioxidant activity, and protec...

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Autores: Emilio ALVAREZ-PARRILLA, Gilberto MERCADO-MERCADO, Laura Alejandra DE LA ROSA, José Alberto LÓPEZ DÍAZ, Abraham WALL-MEDRANO, Gustavo Adolfo GONZÁLEZ-AGUILAR
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Repositorio:Redalyc-UACJ
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:395940095023
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=395940095023
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agrociencias
TBARS
Hot pepper
flavonoids
Bixa orellana L
proanthocyanidins
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Sumario:Considering the extensive use of hot peppers and spicy sauces in the Mexican cuisine, in the present paper, three widely consumed Mexican condiments (mole sauce, achiote, and pasilla hot pepper) were analyzed for their total phenols, flavonoids and proanthocyanidins, antioxidant activity, and protective effect against lipid oxidation in chopped pork meat. All samples were extracted first with methanol and then with acetone, and the extracts were compared. Pasilla pepper showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid content in both solvents, followed by mole and achiote. Achiote showed the highest proanthocyanidin concentration. All samples showed high antioxidant activity, and good correlations with phenolic compounds and flavonoids, while no correlation was observed in the case of condensed tannins. Mole sauce methanolic extract showed the highest inhibition of pork meat oxidation, followed by pasilla pepper, and finally achiote paste extracts. These results suggest that these condiments are useful to prevent meat lipid oxidation during storage.