title: Polyphenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Cold-Pressed Seed Oil from Finola Cultivar of Cannabis sativa L.
abstract: The aim of this study was to characterize the polyphenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of cold-pressed seed oil from Finola cultivar of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.). Several methodologies have been employed to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant activity of Finola hempseed oil (FHSO) and both lipophilic (LF) and hydrophilic fractions (HF). The qualitative and quantitative composition of the phenolic fraction of FHSO was performed by HPLC analyses. From the results is evident that FHSO has high antioxidative activity, as measured by DPPH radical (146.76 mmol of TE/100 g oil), inhibited β-carotene bleaching, quenched a chemically generated peroxyl radical in vitro and showed high ferrous ion chelating activity. Reactivity towards 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation and ferric-reducing antioxidant power values were 695.2 µmol of TE/100g oil and 3690.6 µmol of TE/100 g oil respectively. FHSO contains a significant amount of phenolic compounds of which 2780.4 mg of quercetin equivalent/100 g of total flavonoids. The whole oil showed higher antioxidant activity compared with LF and HF. Our findings indicate that the significant antioxidant properties shown from Finola seed oil might generally depend on the phenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, such as flavanones, flavonols, flavanols and isoflavones. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.|Fondazione Prof. Antonio Imbesi: Borsa di Ricerca Scuola di Specializzazione in Farmacognosia, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smeriglio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Enza M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Galati
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Monforte
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Economia, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lanuzza
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Circosta
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002188:Cannabis / Q000737:chemistry*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D059808:Polyphenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D010936:Plant Extracts; D059808:Polyphenols
keywords: Cannabis sativa L; Finola hempseed oil; antioxidant activity; flavonoids; polyphenols