Phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of roasted maize-peanut product (Zowey) and its potential to alleviate oxidative stress

Table 1.

Phenolic acid content (µg/g sample dryweight basis) of extracts from cereal flours, legume flours and their compositesproduct

Sample Maize flour Roasted Maize Flour Peanut flour Roasted Peanut flour Roasted Peanut flour (with spices) Maize-peanut snack Maize-peanut snack (with spices)

Acidified methanol extract
Gallic acid 6.49 ± 0.01 8.39 ± 0.07 28.17 ± 0.03 69.56 ± 2.11 80.36 ± 1.57 61.92 ± 0.03 78.84 ± 0.05
Protocatechuic acid 13.73 ± 0.02 ND 497.67 ± 0.20 1568.02 ± 1.38 1643.54 ± 7.39 122.13 ± 0.93 126.24 ± 0.07
4-hydroxybenzoic acid 12.52 ± 0.01 11.83 ± 0.42 24.76 ± 0.03 175.27 ± 0.22 204.09 ± 0.45 87.81 ± 0.08 99.12 ± 0.14
Caffeic acid 7.39 ± 0.01 4.61 ± 0.04 12.89 ± 0.04 102.92 ± 0.01 115.37 ± 0.08 426.83 ± 0.49 433.09 ± 0.28
p-coumaric acid 30.41 ± 0.03 13.07 ± 1.13 28.49 ±1.07 225.78 ± 0.15 258.37 ± 0.39 248.91 ± 0.30 303.56 ± 0.31
Syringic acid 21.73 ± 0.02 27.06 ± 0.26 40.53 ± 0.69 71.13 ± 0.04 74.07 ± 0.09 58.60 ± 0.39 61.63 ± 0.32

Saponified residue
Gallic acid   7.76 ± 0.05   12.98 ± 0.01 10.84 ± 0.03 5.82 ± 0.08 3.97 ± 0.01
Protocatechuic acid   199.93 ± 0.10   ND   22.11 ± 0.03 23.27 ± 0.02
4-hydroxybenzoic acid   ND   6.62 ± 0.76 11.20 ± 0.07 ND  
Caffeic acid   2.49± 0.06   4.28 ± 0.02 4.61 ± 0.04 ND  
p-coumaric acid   ND   304.33 ± 0.62 104.62 ± 0.62 ND 13.02 ± 0.31
Syringic acid   23.70 ± 0.04   14.07 ± 0.04 14.68 ± 0.01 11.14 ±0.01 ND