Journal of Chemical Ecology

, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 887–896 | Cite as

Use of antioxidants in extraction of tannins from walnut plants

  • Shuyun Peng
  • Christan Jay-Allemand
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Abstract

The radial diffusion assay was applied to estimate the amount of total tannins in extracts from walnut plant materials. We found that the protein-precipitating activity of the tannin extracts were increased by 30–75 % when antioxidants (ascorbic acid or sodium metabisulfite, 5.5 mM) were added in extraction solvents (50% aqueous methanol). The extracts obtained with Na2S2O5 were much less brown than control. Moreover, two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography revealed some additional polyphenolic compounds in the extracts made with Na2S2O5. These results suggest that the amount of tannins and/or their protein-precipitating property may be strongly affected by oxidation events during extraction procedure. The addition of antioxidants in the extraction solvents is useful to limit this problem.

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Tannins antioxidants extraction protein precipitation walnut 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shuyun Peng
    • 1
  • Christan Jay-Allemand
    • 1
  1. 1.Station d'Amélioration des Arbres ForestiersInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, ArdonOlivetFrance

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