Electrochemical Determination of the Antioxidant Potential of Some Less Common Fruit Species.docVIP

Sensors 2008, 8, 7564-7570; DOI: 10.3390/s8127564 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Electrochemical Determination of the Antioxidant Potential of Some Less Common Fruit Species Zbynek Gazdik 1,2,3, Boris Krska 4, Vojtech Adam 3,5, Jan Saloun 6, Tunde Pokorna 7 Vojtech Reznicek 1, Ales Horna 8 and Rene Kizek 2,* 1 Department of Breeding and Propagation of Horticultural Plants; 2 Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition; 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and 5 Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic 4 Department of Fruit Growing, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Valtická 337, CZ-691 44 Lednice, Czech Republic 6 Department of Applied Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho 1 - 3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic 7 Institute of Natural and Informatics’ Sciences, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nabrezie mladeze 91, SK-949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic 8 Tomas Bata University, T.G. Masaryka 275, CZ-762 72 Zlin, Czech Republic * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: kizek@sci.muni.cz Received: 29 October 2008; in revised form: 11 November 2008 / Accepted: 11 November 2008 / Published: 26 November 2008 Abstract: Various berries and fruit types of less common fruit species are known to contain antioxidants. Consumption of high amounts of antioxidant flavonoids, which display a variety of biological properties, including antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activity, may have a positive impact on human health, particularly for the prevention of cancer and other inflammatory diseases. In these studies, based on the hypothesi