Influência do processamento e da torrefação sobre a atividade antioxidante do café (Coffea arabica)

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The aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of processing (semi-dry and dry) and roasting (light, medium and dark) on the antioxidant activity of coffee brews, using tests to determine the reducing power and the DPPH scavenging, Fe+2 chelating and lipid peroxidation inhibition activities. All of the coffee brews presented concentration-dependent antioxidant activity. The light coffee samples presented the higher reducing power and DPPH scavenging activity. Its ion chelating capacity was similar to the medium samples, but was less than the green coffee chelating capacity. The semi-dry processing was more efficient than the dry processing only for the reducing power. All of the samples presented high lipid peroxidation inhibition activity. Based on the results the degree of coffee roasting seems to be more important than the processing to determine the antioxidant activity of brews.

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Coffee processing, Coffee roasting, Antioxidant activity

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SANTOS, M. H. et al. Influência do processamento e da torrefação sobre a atividade antioxidante do café (Coffea arabica). Química Nova, São Paulo, v. 30, n. 3, p. 604-610, 2007.

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