Antioxidant potential of a soft cheese (paneer) supplemented with the extracts of date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars and its whey

The present study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant potential of paneer, a soft cheese supplemented with various water soluble date extracts during storage. Further, the whey obtained from all the paneer samples was also investigated for its antioxidant potential. The date cultivars were eva...

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Published in:	ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES, 32(10) 2019, 32(10), , pp.1591-1602
Main Authors:	Qureshi, Tahir Mahmood, Amjad, Aniqa, Nadeem, Muhammad, Murtaza, Mian Anjum, Munir, Masooma
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Antioxidant Potential Antioxidants Cultivars Date Cultivars Extracts Isoflavones Microbiological Quality Paneer Phenolphthalein Physico-chemical Characteristics 축산학
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Summary:	The present study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant potential of paneer, a soft cheese supplemented with various water soluble date extracts during storage. Further, the whey obtained from all the paneer samples was also investigated for its antioxidant potential. The date cultivars were evaluated for their physico-chemical characteristics and date extracts were assessed for their antioxidant potential. Physico-chemical evaluation, microbiological quality and further antioxidant potential of the prepared paneer were carried out during storage period (0-8 days, 5°C). All the date extracts were found to have considerable antioxidant activity due to presence of total phenolics and flavonoids. Owing to the presence of phenolics and flavoinds in date extracts, supplemented paneer showed higher trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity, reducing power and DPPH radical scavenging activity than control paneer. Paneer supplemented with Rabi extracts had the highest total phenolics (190.7 µg gallic acid equivalent/g paneer), DPPH radical scavenging activity (928.1 µmol equivalent of Trolx/g paneer) and trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (9.2 µmol equivalent of Trolx/g paneer). The whey obtained from control paneer showed lower values of total phenolics, total flavonoids, DPPH, trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and reducing power as compared to the values of whey obtained from paneer supplemented with date extracts. Paneer supplemented with date extracts and its whey may offer potent antioxidant activity.
ISSN:	1011-2367 1976-5517 2765-0235