TY - JOUR T1 - Inflorescences of Brassicacea species as source of bioactive compounds: A comparative study. AU - Sousa,Carla, AU - Taveira,Marcos, AU - Valentão,Patrícia, AU - Fernandes,Fátima, AU - Pereira,José A, AU - Estevinho,Letícia, AU - Bento,Albino, AU - Ferreres,Federico, AU - Seabra,Rosa M, AU - Andrade,Paula B, Y1 - 2008/03/08/ PY - 2007/10/22/received PY - 2007/12/28/revised PY - 2008/02/29/accepted PY - 2015/6/6/entrez PY - 2008/10/15/pubmed PY - 2008/10/15/medline KW - Antimicrobial activity KW - Antioxidant activity KW - Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala KW - Brassica oleracea L. var. costata DC KW - Brassica rapa L. var. rapa KW - Inflorescences KW - Organic acids KW - Phenolic compounds SP - 953 EP - 61 JF - Food chemistry JO - Food Chem VL - 110 IS - 4 N2 - Two Brassica oleracea varieties (B. oleracea L. var. costata DC and B. oleracea L. var. acephala) and Brassica rapa L. var. rapa inflorescences were studied for their chemical composition and antioxidant capacity. Phenolic compounds and organic acids profiles were determined by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-UV, respectively. B. oleracea var. costata and B. oleracea L. var. acephala inflorescences presented a similar qualitative phenolic composition, exhibiting several complex kaempferol derivatives and 3-p-coumaroylquinic acid, while B. rapa var. rapa was characterized by kaempferol and isorhamnetin glycosides and several phenolic acids derivatives. B. oleracea L. var. costata and B. rapa var. rapa showed the highest phenolics content. The three Brassica exhibited the same six organic acids (aconitic, citric, pyruvic, malic, shikimic and fumaric acids), but B. oleracea L. var. acephala presented a considerably higher amount. Each inflorescence was investigated for its capacity to act as a scavenger of DPPH radical and reactive oxygen species (superoxide radical, hydroxyl radical and hypochlorous acid), exhibiting antioxidant capacity in a concentration dependent manner against all radicals. These samples were also studied for its antimicrobial potential against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi, displaying antimicrobial capacity only against Gram-positive bacteria. SN - 0308-8146 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/26047285/Inflorescences_of_Brassicacea_species_as_source_of_bioactive_compounds:_A_comparative_study_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0308-8146(08)00294-X DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -