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Variability in the Antioxidant Activity of Dietary Supplements from Pomegranate, Milk Thistle, Green Tea, Grape Seed, Goji, and Acai: Effects of in Vitro Digestion


Center for Human Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
Epidemiology Department, Office of the Chief Quality Officer, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas 75206, United States
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2014, 62 (19), pp 4313–4321
DOI: 10.1021/jf500106r
Publication Date (Web): April 18, 2014
Copyright © 2014 American Chemical Society
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Abstract

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The antioxidant activity (AA) of fruits and vegetables has been thoroughly investigated but less is known about the AA of dietary supplements (DS). We therefore assessed the AA of three to five DS each from pomegranate, milk thistle, green tea, grapes, goji, and acai using four widely used standard methods. The secondary objective was to determine the effects of in vitro digestion on their AA. The AA of the DS prior to digestion ranked as follows: pomegranate > resveratrol > green tea > grape seed > milk thistle and very low in goji and acai with significant group variability in AA. The AA after in vitro simulated digestion of the mouth, stomach, and small intestine compared to undigested supplement was decreased for green tea and grape seed but increased for pomegranate, resveratrol, milk thistle, goji, and acai to various extents. Although polyphenols provide the major antioxidant potency of the tested supplements, our observations indicate that digestion may alter antioxidant properties depending in part on the variations in polyphenol content.

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