QbD-based chromatographic phenolic profiling of lentisk and apricot kernel oils with defined chemical composition and antioxidant properties
摘要
Lentisk (L) and apricot kernel (AKO) oils were characterized according to their phenolic, non-polar and antioxidant profiles. A quality by design (QbD) principles approach optimized phenolic analysis of samples through liquid chromatography coupled to diode array and mass spectrometry (LC-DAD-MS) analyses, firstly reporting catechol in L and vanillin and p-hydroxybenzoic acid in AKO oils. Non-polar fractions of L and AKO was featured by LC-DAD-MS analysis, determining 20 and 14 acylglycerols, respectively, most of them di- and tri-unsaturated acylglycerols. Moreover, analysis of fatty acids, tocopherols and phytosterols by GC-MS research unveiled high contents of unsaturated fatty acids (67% and 89% total content in L and AKO, respectively), mainly oleic, and relevant amounts of tocopherols (384 vs. 471 mg/kg) and physterols (1852 vs. 3511 mg/kg) in L and AKO samples, respectively. Spectrophotometric assays determined low carotenoid (2.18 vs. 0.18 mg luteolin/kg) and chlorophyll (1.51 vs. 0.08 mg pheophytine/kg) contents in L and AKO samples, but demonstrated their high antioxidant/antiradical capacity values. High quality nutritional value of lentisk and apricot kernel oils together to their relevant antioxidant/antiradical properties may favor their use as source of natural bioactive compounds by food and pharmaceutical industries, favoring circular economy through the reuse of agricultural by-products.