title: Improving the antioxidant activity of buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricm Gaertn) sprout with trace element water.
abstract: Trace element water (TEW) (100, 200, 300, 400 and 500ppm) was used to grow buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricm Gaertn) to evaluate whether the beneficial effects of trace elements on the antioxidant activity could be accomplished with the supplement of TEW. At 300ppm, TEW significantly increased the Cu, Zn and Fe contents in buckwheat sprout, but not the Se and Mn contents. The levels of rutin, quercitrin and quercetin did not differ between buckwheat sprouts grown in TEW and de-ionized water (DIW). The ethanolic extract from buckwheat sprout grown in 300ppm TEW showed higher DPPH radical scavenging activity, ferrous ion chelating activity, superoxide anion scavenging activity and inhibitory activity toward lipid peroxidation than that grown in DIW. The extract of the TEW group also enhanced intracellular superoxide dismutase activity and resulted in lower level of reactive oxygen species in human Hep G2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Life Science, Asia University, No. 500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng Shiang, Taichung 413, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Cheng-Kuang
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Been-Huang
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Nutraceutical Biotechnology, Shih Chien University, 70 Ta-chih Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yih-Shyuan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Nutraceutical Biotechnology, Shih Chien University, 70 Ta-chih Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Joan-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Nutraceutical Biotechnology, Shih Chien University, 70 Ta-chih Street, Taipei 104, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: cll@mail.usc.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chia-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Antioxidant; Buckwheat; Fagopyrum tataricm Gaertn; Rutin; Trace element water