Effect of processing on the antioxidant activities of porridges and Pittu prepared from finger millets (Eleusine coracana)

作     者：Anoma Chandrasekara Indraneela Senanayake Disna Kumari Fereidoon Shahidi 

作者机构：Department of Applied NutritionWayamba University of Sri LankaMakanduraColombo 60170GonawilaSri Lanka Department of BiochemistryMemorial University of NewfoundlandSt.John’sNL A1B 3X9Canada 

出 版 物：《Food Production, Processing and Nutrition》 (食物生产加工与营养（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第1期

页      面：235-248页

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学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 083202[工学-粮食、油脂及植物蛋白工程] 

基　　金：Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Livestock  Fisheries and Nutrition  Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (201509HI01) 

主　　题：Antioxidants Parboiling Roasting Pittu Porridges 

摘      要：Finger millets are important coarse grains that exhibit high levels of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities among other cereals. Grains are subjected to a number of thermal treatments and this could affect the contents and bioactivities of phenolic compounds. The aim of the present study was to determine the phenolic contents and antioxidant activities of finger millet flour and foods, namely porridges and Pittu subjected to several thermal treatments such as roasting, parboiling, and parboiled roasting of flour and open boiling and steaming of foods prepared using flour. The effect of the addition of spices on phenolic content and antioxidant activities to open boiled foods was determined. Antioxidant activities of phenolic extracts obtained from finger millet flour and foods were studied for their total phenolic, flavonoids and proanthocyanidins contents, radical scavenging capacities, reducing power, ferrous ion chelating capacity, and antioxidant activity in a β-carotene/linoleate emulsion. The roasted flour and foods had higher total phenolic content (TPC) than other counterparts and ranged from 21.58 to 28.63 µmol ferulic acid equivalents/g dry matter. All flour and food preparations exhibited effective inhibition of radicals, reducing power, ferrous ion chelating activity, and antioxidant activity in the β-carotene/linoleate emulsion and the degree of activity depended on the processing conditions adopted in food *** prepared using steaming showed lower phenolic content and antioxidant activities in general than those of open-boiled counterparts. The addition of spices, namely garlic and cinnamon improved the phenolic contents and antioxidant activities of open-boiled porridges. The knowledge generated from this study may help to exploit the use of finger millets as a functional food ingredient to promote health and wellness.