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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal</journalTitle>
          <issn>2347-467X</issn>
              <eissn>2322-0007</eissn>
        <publicationDate>2016-10-25</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>4</volume>
        <issue>Special Issue Nutrition in Conference October 2016</issue>

 
    <startPage>114</startPage>
    <endPage>118</endPage>

 	 
      <doi>10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.Special-Issue-October.15</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>2882</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Antioxidant Properties of a Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) Juice Rich in Polyphenols and Nitrites</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Camelia Papuc</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Corina Predescu</name>


		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>

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      <author>
       <name>Valentin Nicorescu</name>

		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Georgeta Stefan</name>

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	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>

    


	 


      <author>
       <name>Isabela Nicorescu</name>

		
	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Preclinical Sciences, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania, 011464</affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania, 011464</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Microbiologist, Department of Food Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, Bucharest, Romania, 021201</affiliationName>
    
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p>Parsley <i>(Petroselinum crispum) </i>is an herbaceous vegetable used as foodstuff, spice and medicinal plant because it provides antioxidants especially flavonoids (apigenin), vitamins (K, C and A), and volatile oils, among other compounds. Because parsley has important concentrations of nitrates and flavonoids, very little vegetal pigment and a mild flavour profile, it was chosen for this study. The aim of this study was to obtain parsley juice rich in nitrite and polyphenols and to assess its antioxidant activity. To obtain nitrite from nitrate by enzymatic reaction, <i>Staphylococcus xylosus</i> ATCC 29971 was used as nitrate reductase source. To obtain the vegetable juice, fresh roots were minced and homogenized in aqueous solution. The sterile juice was filtered and then inoculated with <i>S. xylosus</i> and incubated at 37°C. The nitrate and nitrite concentrations (mg/L) were determined using a colorimetric method using salicylic acid and Griess reagent, respectively. The total polyphenols content (TPC) was measured with Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and expressed as mg gallic acid equivalent / 100 mL (mg GAE / 100 mL). The total flavonoids content (TFC) was measured with aluminium chloride reagent, and expressed as mg catechin equivalent / 100 mL (mg CE / 100 mL). To determine the antioxidant activity of parsley juice, the ability to reduce DPPH synthetic radical, reducing power of Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion and the capacity of chelating transition metal ions were assessed. Maximum concentration of nitrites was achieved for parsley juice in the presence of <i>S. xylosus</i> after 24 hours; TPC was 14.87 mg GAE / 100 mL and TFC was 11.21 mg CE / 100 mL. The ability of parsley fermented juice to reduce DPPH synthetic radical was 79.45%, while the capacity to reduce Fe<sup>3+</sup> was 0.758 ± 0.14 (absorbance at 700 nm) and to chelate Fe<sup>2+</sup> ion was 23.64%. Parsley juice represents an important source of natural nitrate and flavonoids, with important antioxidant capacity.</p>
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    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.foodandnutritionjournal.org/vol04nospl-issue-conf-october-2016/antioxidant-properties-of-a-parsley-petroselinum-crispum-juice-rich-in-polyphenols-and-nitrites/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>parsley <i>(Petroselinum crispum)</i></keyword>
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      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> vegetable juice</keyword>
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      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> antioxidants</keyword>
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      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> natural nitrate
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