Eight commercial Italian vini novelli (red wines prepared by carbonic maceration and supposed to be consumed within three months from their wine- making) were evaluated for their total antioxidant activity. The wines had an average total phenol content (1605.4 ± 337.4 mg/L gallic acid equivalents) lower than that of wines prepared by traditional maceration and consumable after aging (2057.3 ± 524.0 mg/L gallic acid equivalents). The average flavanol content (424.7 ± 121.3 mg/L catechin equivalents) and the total antioxidant activity (16.8 ± 3.8 mmol/L Trolox equivalents) of vini novelli were higher than the corresponding values (382.7 ± 174.5 mg/L catechin equivalents and 12.3 ± 3.3 mmol/L Trolox equivalents) found for aged wines. Three couples of experimental wines were prepared from the same grapes by traditional or carbonic maceration. These wines showed a different phenolic pattern, anthocyanins being more abundant in vini novelli. However, the average total antioxidant activities of the wines were similar, suggesting that aging (and not the wine-making technique) is the main factor influencing the antioxidant activity of red wines.
Polyphenol content and total antioxidant activity of Vini Novelli (Young Red Wines) / N. Pellegrini, P. Simonetti, C. Gardana, O. Brenna, F. Brighenti, P.G. Pietta. - In: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-8561. - 48:3(2000), pp. 732-735. [10.1021/jf990251v]
Polyphenol content and total antioxidant activity of Vini Novelli (Young Red Wines)
P. SimonettiSecondo
;C. Gardana;O. Brenna;
2000
Abstract
Eight commercial Italian vini novelli (red wines prepared by carbonic maceration and supposed to be consumed within three months from their wine- making) were evaluated for their total antioxidant activity. The wines had an average total phenol content (1605.4 ± 337.4 mg/L gallic acid equivalents) lower than that of wines prepared by traditional maceration and consumable after aging (2057.3 ± 524.0 mg/L gallic acid equivalents). The average flavanol content (424.7 ± 121.3 mg/L catechin equivalents) and the total antioxidant activity (16.8 ± 3.8 mmol/L Trolox equivalents) of vini novelli were higher than the corresponding values (382.7 ± 174.5 mg/L catechin equivalents and 12.3 ± 3.3 mmol/L Trolox equivalents) found for aged wines. Three couples of experimental wines were prepared from the same grapes by traditional or carbonic maceration. These wines showed a different phenolic pattern, anthocyanins being more abundant in vini novelli. However, the average total antioxidant activities of the wines were similar, suggesting that aging (and not the wine-making technique) is the main factor influencing the antioxidant activity of red wines.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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