The Frap Assay: Allowing Students to Assess the Anti-oxidizing Ability of Green Tea and More

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  • Justine Ring
  • Michelle Chaung
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Dietary sources of polyphenols receive significant public attention due to their many health benefits and speculated preventative medical applications. It has been previously established that total reducing capacity can be linearly correlated to its antioxidant power and thus, this benefactor on polyphenols stems from its reducing ability. While undergraduate students are possibly aware of the potential benefits of antioxidants compounds found naturally in materials such as green teas and berries, they may not have yet considered its chemical mechanism. Although the chemical mechanism by which natural materials act as antioxidants varies, many use polyphenol structures to perform these redox reactions2. Therefore, the antioxidizing power of various materials such as green tea leaves, coffee beans, and berries can be compared by quantifying the concentration of polyphenols in these materials In this study, we have developed an experiment in which undergraduate organic chemistry students will use the “Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma” assay (FRAP) to directly measure the reducing capacity of green tea leaves and to look at the natural antioxidant factors from dietary sources4. This experiment thus helps students gain an appreciation for the relevance and diversity of electrochemical reactions in natural materials, as well as introduces them to Green Chemistry principles. Students will use the FRAP assay to assess the viability of safe, natural, reducing agents.4 Les sources alimentaires de polyphénols reçoivent l’attention du public en raison de leurs nombreux, dis avantages pour la santé et spéculation d’applications médicales préventives. Ceci provient de la réduction de la capacité de composés polyphénoliques comme il a été précédemment démontré que la réduction de la capacité totale peut être linéairement corrélée à la puissance d’un antioxydant support1. Alors que les étudiants de premier cycle sont peut-être conscients des avantages potentiels de composés antioxydants trouvés naturellement dans des matériaux tels que les thés verts et les baies, ils peuvent ne pas avoir encore examiné le mécanisme chimique de fonctionnement de ces antioxydants naturels. Bien que le mécanisme chimique par lequel les matériaux naturels agissent comme antioxydants varie, de nombreuses structures utilisation de polyphénols pour effectuer ces réactions redox2. Par conséquent, le pouvoir anti-oxydant de divers matériaux tels que des feuilles de thé vert, les grains de café, et les baies peut être comparé par la quantification de la concentration en polyphénols dans ces materials3. Ici, nous avons développé une expérience dans laquelle les étudiants de chimie organique de premier cycle vont utiliser le dosage de la “capacité réductrice ferrique du plasma” (CRFP) pour mesurer directement la capacité de réduire de feuilles de thé vert, et ainsi déduire le potentiel antioxydant des antioxydants naturels de sources alimentaires4. Cette expérience permet ainsi aux étudiants d’acquérir une appréciation de la pertinence et la diversité des réactions électrochimiques dans des matériaux naturels, ainsi que les initie aux principes de la chimie verte. Les élèves utiliseront le dosage de CRFP pour évaluer la viabilité de des agents réducteurs saufs et naturels4, qui offrent la possibilité de limiter l’utilisation des agents les plus dangereux, les agents réduisant nuisibles à l’environnement utilisé dans l’industrie aujourd’hui.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015