JOURNAL 2149


Records of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2021 Issue: 1-2 January-December
PAGES
p.12 - 18
STATISTICS
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AUTHORS
  • Merve Bat Özmatara
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GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


ABSTRACT


Elettaria cardamomum belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. It contains components (phenolic compounds, alkaloids, terpenoids) it has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. The purpose of this study is to research the effect of glucose-citric acid based natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) on the antioxidant activity of Elettaria cardamomum. In this study, glucose-citric acid was used as a NADES and methanol-water was used as a conventional solvent. The radical scavenging activities, phenolic compound and tannin amounts of the extracts obtained as a result of extraction with two different solvents were found. Antioxidant activities of extracts prepared with natural deep eutectic solvent were found to be higher. It has been shown that NADES, which are less harmful on the health and environment, have low toxicity and are environmentally friendly, can be used in extraction instead of traditional solvents such as hexane, benzene, and methanol.

KEYWORDS
  • Elettaria cardamomum
  • antioxidant activity
  • NADES