Abstract no : 3-1...4-SV-360 Author(s) : (Food Research program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Center, Summerland, British Columbia VOH IZO, Canada) Address : Velioglu, Y.S.; Mazza, G.; Gao, L.; Oomah, B.D Source : , J. of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, v.46(10): p.4113-7, 1998 Title : ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND TOTAL PHENOLICS IN SELECTED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND GRAIN PRODUCTS Abstract : The antioxidant activities and total phenolics of 28 plant products, including sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, wheat germ, buckwheat, and several fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants were determined. The total phenolic content, determined according to the Folin-Ciocalteu method, varied from 169 to 10548 mg/100 g of dry product. Antioxidant activity of methanolic extract evaluated according to the beta-carotene bleaching method expressed as AOX (deltalog A170/min), AA (percent inhibition relative to control), ORR (oxidation rate ratio), and AAC (anti
Author(s) : . (Applied Bioresearch Center, Corporate Research and Development Division Kirin Brewery Company Limited, Miyaharacho 3, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1295, Japan), Address : Kannuchi,0.; Hitomi, Y.; Agata, K.; Nakamura, T.; Fushiki, T Source : Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, v. 62(9): p. 1788-1790, 1998 Title : GERMINATED BARLEY FOODSTUFF IMPROVES CONSTIPATION INDUCED BY LOPERAMIDE IN RATS. Abstract : The effects of germinated barley (YAVA) foodstuff (GBF) derived from the aleurone and scutellum fractions of germinated barley low-lignified hemicellulose were examined in Sprague-Dawley rats with constipation induced by Loperamide by addition to the diet (2 mg/kg body weight). Bowel movements were higher in the GBF-fed rats than in the cellulose-fed rats used as control. Fecal water content was also higher in the GBF-fed rats. The concentration of short chain fatty acids in cecal content, especially butyrate, was significantly higher in the GBF-fed rats tha