(1) The peptide HPHPHLSF was a potent inhibitor of linoleic acid oxidation with an activity similar to that obtained with the synthetic antioxidant BHT at a range of concentrations from 1,000 to 1μM. As an example, 1μM concentration of HPHPHLSF at the third day of assay had an antioxidant percentage of 74.1%, and the same concentration of BHT displayed an antioxidant percentage of 88.4%. (2) The antioxidant activity of the peptide was dose-dependant. At the third day of assay the highest concentration of peptide revealed an antioxidant activity of 43.7%, considerably lower than when the concentration was diminished 103 times, for which an activity of 74.1% was measured. |