Revista: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
Número de sistema: | 000420622 |
ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
Autores: | Alencar, Daniel B. de1 Diniz, Jaecio C2 Rocha, Simone A.S2 Pires-Cavalcante, Kelma M.S1 Lima, Rebeca L. de1 Sousa, Karolina C. de1 Freitas, Jefferson O1 Bezerra, Rayssa M1 Baracho, Barbara M1 Sampaio, Alexandre H1 Viana, Francisco A2 Saker-Sampaio, Silvana1 |
Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil 2Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Quimica, Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil |
Año: | 2018 |
Periodo: | Mar |
Volumen: | 90 |
Número: | 1 |
Paginación: | 449-460 |
País: | Brasil |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
Resumen en inglés | This study evaluated the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of fatty acids from the marine red algae Pterocladiella capillacea (S. G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand 1997 and Osmundaria obtusiloba (C. Agardh) R. E. Norris 1991. The gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identified nine fatty acids in the two species. The major fatty acids of P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba were palmitic acid, oleic acid, arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid. The DPPH radical scavenging capacity of fatty acids was moderate ranging from 25.90% to 29.97%. Fatty acids from P. capillacea (31.18%) had a moderate ferrous ions chelating activity (FIC), while in O. obtusiloba (17.17%), was weak. The ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of fatty acids from P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba was low. As for β-carotene bleaching (BCB), P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba showed a good activity. This is the first report of the antioxidant activities of fatty acids from the marine red algae P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba |
Disciplinas: | Biología, Química |
Palabras clave: | Algas, Fitoquímica, Algas marinas, Acidos grasos, Acido palmítico, Actividad antioxidante, Pterocladiella capillacea, Osmundaria obtusiloba, Rhodophyta |
Keyword: | Algae, Phytochemistry, Marine algae, Fatty acids, Palmitic acid, Antioxidant activity, Pterocladiella capillacea, Osmundaria obtusiloba, Rhodophyta |
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