Pyropheophytin a as an Antioxidative Substance from the Marine Alga, Arame (Eisenia bicyclis)

Antonius Herry Cahyana; Yoshihiro Shuto; Yoshiro Kinoshita

doi:10.1271/bbb.56.1533

Pyropheophytin a as an Antioxidative Substance from the Marine Alga, Arame (Eisenia bicyclis)

Antonius Herry Cahyana, Yoshihiro Shuto, Yoshiro Kinoshita

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Abstract

The Acidic and neutral fractions of an extract of the marine alga, Eisenia bicyclis (Japanese name "Arame"), showed strong antioxidative activity when tested by the ferric thiocyanate and TBA methods. Chromatographic purification of the neutral fraction gave an active oily substance identified as pyropheophytin a, one of the chlorophyll a-related compounds. This compound showed higher antioxidative activity than a-tocopherol and could be expected to act as an antioxidant in foods. The porphyrin ring system seems to be important for the antioxidative activity in the dark.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1533-1535
Number of pages	3
Journal	Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
Volume	56
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.56.1533
Publication status	Published - 1992

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