Peptide YDTQA exhibited ABTS+ free radical scavenging activity with the IC50 value of 6.2 μM and it was similar to that of Trolox, as shown in table 1.
Table 1 Values of IC50, determined by the ABTS+ method, of antioxidative peptides of α-lactalbumin, either purified by RP-HPLC or synthesized.Peptide
| Intermediate or final product
| Aromatic residue(s)
| IC50 (μM)
| YDTQA
| Final
| Tyr36
| 6.2 a
| ICN-s-s-IMC
| Final
| -
| n.d. b
| INY
| Final
| Tyr103
| 8.0
| LDQW
| Final
| Trp118
| 0.6
| INYW
| Intermediate
| Tyr103 + Trp104 | 0.5
| VSLPEW
| Final
| Trp26
| 7.9
| a Determined with the synthetic peptide YDTQA. b n.d. = not determined. |