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Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation

Leake, David S.; G�mez-Ruiz, Jos� �ngel; Ames, Jennifer

Authors

David S. Leake

Jos� �ngel G�mez-Ruiz

Jennifer Ames



Abstract

The in vitro antioxidant activity and the protective effect against human low density lipoprotein oxidation of coffees prepared using different degrees of roasting was evaluated. Coffees with the highest amount of brown pigments (dark coffee) showed the highest peroxyl radical scavenging activity. These coffees also protected human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) against oxidation, although green coffee extracts showed more protection. In a different experiment, coffee extracts were incubated with human plasma prior to isolation of LDL particles. This showed, for the first time, that incubation of plasma with dark, but not green coffee extracts protected the LDL against oxidation by copper or by the thermolabile azo compound AAPH. Antioxidants in the dark coffee extracts must therefore have become associated with the LDL particles. Brown compounds, especially those derived from the Maillard reaction, are the compounds most likely to be responsible for this activity. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.

Citation

Gómez-Ruiz, J. Á., Leake, D. S., & Ames, J. (2008). Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation. European Food Research and Technology, 227(4), 1017-1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-007-0815-5

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 1, 2008
Journal European Food Research and Technology
Print ISSN 1438-2377
Electronic ISSN 1438-2385
Publisher Springer (part of Springer Nature)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 227
Issue 4
Pages 1017-1024
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-007-0815-5
Keywords ABTS, antioxidant activity, coffee, LDL, maillard reaction products, ORAC
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1018752
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00217-007-0815-5




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