This study describes the antioxidant activities and antigenotoxic effects of garlic extracts prepared by different processing
methods. Aged-garlic extract (AGE) showed a significantly higher total phenolic content (562.6 ± 1.92 mg/100 g garlic acid
equivalents) than those of raw garlic extract (RGE) or heated garlic extract (HGE). The SC
50 for DPPH RSA in HGE was significantly the highest at 2.1 mg/ml. The SC
50 for SOD-like activity in garlic extracts was, in decreasing order, RGE (7.3 mg/ml) > AGE (8.5 mg/ml) > HGE (9.2 mg /ml).
The ED
50 of AGE was the highest (19.3 μg/ml) regarding H
2O
2 induced DNA damage and its inhibition rate was 70.8%. The ED
50 of RGE for 4-hydroxynonenal (a lipid peroxidation product) induced DNA damage was 38.6 μg/ml, followed by AGE > HGE. Although
the heat treatment of garlic tended to decrease the TPC and SOD-like activity and increased DPPH RSA, garlic, in general,
has significant antioxidant activity and protective effects against oxidative DNA damage regardless of processing method.
Keywords Aged-garlic - Total polyphenol - DPPH - SOD-like activity - Antigenotoxic effect