Effect of different blanching times on antioxidant properties in selected cruciferous vegetables
✍ Scribed by Ismail Amin; Wee Yee Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different blanching times on the antioxidant properties (antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities) and phenolic content of selected cruciferous vegetables. The study revealed that a 10‐min blanching time had a significant effect (p < 0.05) on the antioxidant properties and phenolic content of all the vegetables except for cabbage and mustard cabbage. The loss of antioxidant activity was highest in Chinese cabbage (40%) after 15 min of blanching, followed by cabbage (27%), Chinese white cabbage (19%), mustard cabbage (9%) and red cabbage (4%). Red cabbage had lost a total of 40% scavenging activity after 15 min of blanching followed by Chinese cabbage (38%), cabbage (36%), mustard cabbage (23%) and Chinese white cabbage (11%). Only Chinese cabbage showed an increase (p < 0.05) in total phenolic content after 15 min of blanching compared with other vegetables. Minimal heat treatment through blanching process is recommended to prevent the major loss of antioxidant properties and phenolic content in selected cruciferous vegetables. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry