Keywords
Antioxidant activity, Artocarpus integer, drying temperature, polyphenols
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Antioxidant activity, Artocarpus integer, drying temperature, polyphenols
In South and East Kalimantan, Indonesia, people historically consume the lactic acid bacteria (LAB)-fermented inner skin of cempedak (Artocarpus integer), traditionally termed dami or mandai1. The inner skin of cempedak can be used in functional food production, which may partly reduce agricultural waste2. Mandai may contain phenolics, flavonoids, tannins, and antioxidant activity.
The unfermented cempedak inner skin (Artocarpus integer) contains bioactive components such as phenolics, flavonoids and carotenoids3. It has antioxidant activity that is potentially higher than the flesh and seeds of cempedak. Mandai with L. casei as the starter had better antimicrobial activity against S. aureus and E. coli in comparison to spontaneous (L. plantarum) mandai4. In addition, mandai may function as a probiotic food5. While maintaining its antioxidative capacity, fermented mandai may have further use as industrial ingredient primarily as an exotic tropical flavor and a flavor enhancer.
Mandai powder is produced through drying process. To produce good quality mandai powder, the right drying temperature is required. Drying at the correct temperature minimizes antioxidant damage, implicating the ability to reduce free radicals will be higher, as seen in sinom beverage powder6, and cumari peppers7.
This research aims (i) to measure chemical and antioxidant properties of L. casei-fermented mandai at 45, 50, 55°C of drying temperature with constant time of drying at 18 hours, which the results are then compared with spontaneously fermented mandai and dried at 50°C for 18 hours; (ii) to find the best drying temperature on starter induced fermented mandai powder; and (iii) to find correlations between phenolic contents and antioxidant activity on starter induced fermented mandai powder.
Cempedak was peeled and separated from its husk and flesh, then washed and cut into pieces. The pieces of cempedak inner skin were boiled at 100°C for 5 minutes to remove the sap. The sample was drained and then boiled once more in a sealed container at 100°C for 5 minutes to soften the texture. The sample was then cooled until the temperature was less than 40°C. L. casei strain Shirota isolated from Yakult® as starter culture were inoculated at the concentration of 2% (v/v). For spontaneous fermentation, the mandai was directly stored without inoculation. The spontaneous and inoculated mandai were stored for 2 weeks at temperature of 8±2°C to allow slow fermentation to occur. After incubation, mandai was drained and blended. The puree of mandai then was dried for 18 hours at the appropriate temperature treatment, then ground and screened with an 80-mesh sieve. All reagents and corresponding suppliers are listed in Supplementary File 1.
For the analysis of TPC, HTC, TFC, and antioxidant activity, 20 g mandai powder was dissolved in 60 ml 95% ethanol (SmartLab cat no. A1035, Indonesia) and macerated for 24 hours. Mandai was filtered through filter paper (Whatmann no. 4) and the liquid extract was dried at 50°C for 16 hours.
Yield was measured as the ratio of mandai powder to initial mandai cempedak (w/w), while ash contents were measured as descibed8. About 2 g of sample was diluted with distilled water to a volume of 20 ml. This mixture was homogenized and allowed to soak for 15 minutes before the pH was measured.
TPC was estimated by the Folin-Ciocalteu assay and expressed as gallic acid equivalents (GAE), as described previously9,10. HTC was estimated by the Folin-Ciocalteu assay and expressed in mg kg-1 tannic acid equivalent (TAE), as described11. TFC was estimated using the aluminum chloride (AlCl3) method and expressed in mg kg-1 catechin equivalent (CAE), as described12. The antioxidant activity was determined using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, as described13. All standards were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.
Data in Table 1 except IC50 of antioxidant activity were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the significance of the difference between the averages was determined by Fisher’s least significant difference (at α =5%, analyzed with GraphPad Prism version 6.0. Values were expressed in average ± standard deviation (SD). IC50 of antioxidant activity was produced by employing the non-linear fit of one-phase association method with GraphPad Prism version 6.0. Pearson correlation analysis was performed with Microsoft Excel 2016.
The yield of mandai powder at drying temperatures of 45 and 50°C did not differ significantly. However, the yield of mandai powder dried at a temperature of 55°C was significantly different to the yield resulting from treatment temperatures of 45 and 50°C (Table 1). The yield of each treatment did not differ significantly with the yield of mandai powder with spontaneous fermented that dried at 50°C (control). A comparison between the ash content of each treatment with control showed no significant difference (Table 1). The pH values of dissolved mandai powder ranged from 4.5±0.5 to 5.3±0.2. The drying temperature did not affect the pH value of the dissolved mandai powder.
The drying temperature significantly affected the TPC of mandai powder. The highest average value of TPC in mandai powder dried at 45°C. In comparison to control, TPC of each treatment was significantly different. The drying temperatures in each treatment resulted in significantly different HTC in comparison to that of control mandai. Drying temperature of 45°C produced higher HTC than that of mandai powder dried at 50°C and 55°C. The drying temperature significantly affected the TFC of mandai powder. The TFC of mandai powder which dried at 45 and 55°C were significantly different from the control, but that of dried at 50°C was not significantly different from control.
Half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value of DPPH for each treatment was obtained through one phase association equation. The drying temperature significantly affected the antioxidant activity of mandai powder. Control mandai powder extract had the highest IC50 value, while mandai powder extract dried at 45°C had the lowest IC50 value of (Table 2). The TPC, HTC, and TFC have a strong correlation with antioxidant activity. The higher TPC, HTC, and TFC value, the higher antioxidant activity in mandai powder (Table 3).
Treatment | Y0 | Plateau | K | IC50 (Interpolated) |
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Vitamin C | 0 | 103.40 | 0.003 | 209.11 |
45°C | 0 | 89.99 | 0.014 | 56.96 |
50°C | 0 | 91.12 | 0.011 | 66.76 |
55°C | 0 | 91.44 | 0.009 | 84.74 |
Control | 0 | 87.39 | 0.006 | 136.78 |
Based on Pearson correlation analysis, there was a strong correlation between total phenolic content (r = 0.796) and total flavonoid content (r = 0.783) with antioxidant activity. The strongest correlation occurred between total tannin content (r = 0.910) and antioxidant activity in mandai powder.
More water in mandai evaporated at higher temperatures. This caused the yield of mandai powder to reduce with increasing drying temperature. A previous report documents that the yield may decrease with increased drying temperatures14. The drying temperature did not affect the ash content of mandai powder. The mineral resources in the spontaneous and L. casei-fermented mandai were equally used by microbes, so it did not have a different effect to ash content.
During mandai fermentation, population of LAB increased until day 14, thus lowering pH1,5. Inferring from previous research, it was deduced that organic acids such as lactic acid and acetic acid were produced to lower the pH and caused more acidic environment on day 12 of fermentation5. The fermentation medium, duration of fermentation, and the use of starter cultures may play a role in the final pH and organic acid contents of LAB-fermented products. The previous research stated that the pH of spontaneously fermented rye dough was higher than the pH of starter-fermented rye dough15. However, cucumber pickle fermented with LAB produced organic acids that were higher than that of spontaneous fermentation16.
TPC of the inner skin of cempedak was at 21.29 mg GAE kg-13. TPC of mandai powder ranged from 199.2±13.4 to 348.8±55.6 mg GAE kg-1, higher than that of unfermented cempedak. Phenolic compounds were sensitive to heat treatment, so that the drying process reduced the TPC17. The TPC of mandai powder dried at 55°C was the lowest value observed when compared to other treatments. The drying process, especially at higher temperature (i.e. 55°C), combined with the long drying time duration (i.e. 18 hours) resulted in loss of antioxidant activity18.
In dry conditions, components in the cell, such as membranes and organelles, clump together, resulting in fewer extracted phenolic compounds14. Drying at 50°C quickly disabled the oxidation of polyphenols. However, the initial oxidation of polyphenols might have occurred prior to drying and led to polyphenol degradation. Phenolic compounds are sensitive, unstable and susceptible to degradation by oxygen and light19. The enzymatic oxidation of polyphenols components is mostly caused by polyphenol oxidase7. Injury to the cell membrane liberates and therefore activates these enzymes, which convert phenolic compounds to quinones.
Phenolic contents are often subjected to heat processing, such as drying, boiling, and steaming19. Environmental factors affecting phenolic concentrations include weather conditions, seasons, and post-harvest conditions20. Phenolic contents are also related to varieties of different fruits, diversity of extraction methods21, and the type of phenolic components in the plant and its location in the cell, as well as the type of solvent and method of extraction22–24.
L. casei may modify the phenolic component, causing a significant difference between TPC of each treatment and control25,26. The type of fermentation and metabolic activity of LAB may play a role on levels of total phenolic in rye dough and bread15 and Moringa oleifera leaf powder27. HTC was inversely correlated with drying temperature. In addition, duration of drying contributes to the loss of tannins28,29. This is consistent with the results in yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia) and coffee leaf tea30,31. Degradation of flavonoid structures is linked to the degree of heat exposure30,32.
The antioxidant activity of mandai powder was low when compared to the fresh form. Temperature plays a role in retaining antioxidant activity of the powder (Table 2). Temperature had a significant effect on the inhibition of free radicals of DPPH in grass jelly (Premna serratifolia)33. A strong correlation was observed between antioxidant activity and the polyphenol contents of mandai powder. Previous studies have reported strong correlations between TPC, HTC, TFC and antioxidant activity34,35. Phenolic chemical structure has a role in the inhibition of free radicals, largely depending on the number and position of the hydrogen donation from the hydroxyl group to the aromatic ring of the phenol molecules36.
Drying temperature affected total phenolic, tannin and flavonoid contents, antioxidant activity, and yield but did not affect ash content and pH of starter induced fermented mandai powder. Mandai powder dried at 45°C for 18 hours emerged as the best treatment, with a TPC of 358.8±55.6 mg GAE kg-1 dry sample, HTC of 143.8±9.3 mg TAE kg-1 dry sample, TFC of 17.5±1.3 mg CAE kg-1 dry sample, antioxidant activity (IC50) of 56.96 ppm, ash content of 4.0±0.7%, pH value of 5.0±0.8, and yield of 9.3±0.8%. The strongest correlation was shown between HTC and IC50 of antioxidant activity on starter induced fermented mandai powder. The antioxidant activity of mandai cempedak was contributed by the phenolic components.
Dataset 1. All raw data obtained in the present study. Data include yield, ash weight, pH, and phenolic, tannin and flavonoid contents. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.16617.d22191137.
The principal investigator would like to thank the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education that had funded this research with contract number 128/UN17.41/KL/2018.
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
We would like to thank Nur Aini Haryati and Alamsyah for proof-reading this article.
Supplementary File 1. List of all reagents used in the current study, with suppliers.
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