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Properties of the antioxidative fraction isolated from browning reaction product (BRP) that were obtained from 2 M L-ascorbic acid (AsA) solution (adjusted to pH 7.0) by heating for 25 hrs at 85℃ were investigated. Both of dialyzable and nondialyzable fraction isolated from BRP showed antioxidative effect. Dialyzable fraction has stronger antioxidative activity than nondialyzable. Dialyzable fraction was divided into the three fractions (A, B, C) by gel filtration. Among these fractions, the fraction (A) that had the highest reducing power and lowest browning drgree had lowest antioxidative activity. The fraction (C) that had lowest reducing power and highest browning degree showed strongest antioxidative effect. In the UV-visible spectrum of these fractions, the maximum absorption wavelengths of fraction A and B were 266.1 and 257.4 nm, respectively, and fraction C showed a weaker absorption peak at 274.8 nm. Infrared (IR) spectrum results showed that all fractions (A, B, C) had both hydroxy and carboxylic groups, and fraction B and C had carboxylic ester group.
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