Detection of Some Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Apricot Fruit Grown in Van Region From Turkey

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine antioxidant enzyme activity in apricot fruit. Theantioxidant property of this fruit is quite high. Its structure contains many vitamins, mineralsand enzymes. For this purpose, it is aimed to determine the activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD) which is one of the enzyme activities thought to be present in apricot fruit. Furthermore,oxidative stress indicator and the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) were determined. SOD andMDA values of the apricot samples were determined to be 0.076 U/ml and 1.579 mmol/l,respectively ((p ≤0.05). In this study, antioxidant enzyme activity and lipid peroxidation weredetermined by spectrophotometric method. Then, the results obtained were analyzed by usingmultidimensional statistical methods and the results were discussed in a multidimensionalmanner.