I suppose this goes .. contrary .. to the finding of .. toast .. being
... bad .. ?
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barley grain roasting process induces powerful antiradical activity.
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Isolation of an in Vitro and ex Vivo Antiradical Melanoidin from
Roasted Barley.
Papetti A, Daglia M, Aceti C, Quaglia M, Gregotti C, Gazzani G
J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Feb 22; 54(4): 1209-16
The antiradical properties of water-soluble components of both natural
and roasted barley were determined in vitro, by means of DPPH(*) assay
and the linoleic acid-beta-carotene system, and ex vivo, in rat liver
hepatocyte microsomes against lipid peroxidation induced by CCl(4). The
results show the occurrence in natural barley of weak antioxidant
components. These are able to react against low reactive peroxyl
radicals, but offer little protection against stable DPPH radicals
deriving from peroxidation in microsomal lipids. Conversely, roasted
barley yielded strong antioxidant components that are able to
efficiently scavenge free radicals in any system used. The results show
that the barley grain roasting process induces the formation of soluble
Maillard reaction products with powerful antiradical activity. From
roasted barley solution (barley coffee) was isolated a brown high
molecular mass melanoidinic component, resistant to acidic hydrolysis,
that is responsible for most of the barley coffee antioxidant activity
in the biosystem.
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