The hydroxycinnamic acid content of barley and brewers' spent grain (BSG) and the potential to incorporate phenolic extracts of BSG as antioxidants into fruit beverages

Aoife L. McCarthy, Yvonne C. O'Callaghan, Susanne Neugart, Charles O. Piggott, Alan Connolly, Marcel A.K. Jansen, Angelika Krumbein, Monika Schreiner, Richard J. FitzGerald, Nora M. O'Brien

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Abstract

The hydroxycinnamic acid (HA) content of starting barley for brewers' spent grains (BSG), whole BSG and phenolic extracts from BSG was measured using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and correlated with antioxidant potential. The effect of BSG phenolic extracts on antioxidant activity of fruit beverages was also assessed (using the total phenolic content (TPC), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays). The concentration of HA present in barley extract and BSG was in the order of ferulic acid (FA), p-coumaric acid (p-CA) derivatives, FA derivatives, p- CA, caffeic acid (CA) and CA derivatives. Results suggested that brewing and roasting decreased the HA content. Antioxidant activity was significantly (P < 0.05) correlated with caffeic acid (R2 = 0.8309) and total HA (R2 = 0.3942) concentrations. Addition of extracts to fruit beverages resulted in a significant (P < 0.05) increase in antioxidant activity of cranberry juice, measured by the FRAP assay. In vitro digestion significantly (P < 0.05) reduced TPC, DPPH and FRAP activity of the fruit beverages.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2567-2574
Number of pages8
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume141
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Antioxidant
  • Brewers' spent grain (BSG)
  • Ferulic acid
  • Fortification
  • Hydroxycinnamic acids
  • In vitro digestion
  • Phenolic extracts

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