title: Antioxidant profile of selected Mediterranean red wines.
abstract: The polyphenolic composition and antioxidant properties of selected red wines from Morocco were evaluated. All of the wines tested showed very similar anthocyanin and flavonol patterns: individual compound contents resulted generally higher in comparison to conventional wines. Samples revealed a higher reducing capacity than radical scavenging property and a good correlation between antioxidant activity and polyphenolic content values. Each wine exhibited not only a moderate to high natural preserving capacity but also potentially beneficial influence on human health.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Farmaceutica e Tossicologica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy. giancarlo.tenore@unina.it
authors.forename: Gian Carlo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Tenore
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciampaglia
mesh_terms: D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000737:chemistry; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D036681:Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000737:chemistry; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009018:Morocco; D010851:Picrates / Q000737:chemistry; D059808:Polyphenols / Q000737:chemistry; D014920:Wine / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010851:Picrates; D059808:Polyphenols; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl