Stabilization studies of sunflower oil with antioxidants extracted from green and black cardamom

Abstract: Extracts from green and black cardamom have been used to evaluate their antioxidant potential for sunflower oil samples for a period of 45 days. Synthetic antioxidants BHA/ BHT were also used parallel over a period of 45 days for comparison. Antioxidant potential of natural and synthetic antioxidants were evaluated by measuring free fatty acids [FFA], peroxide value [PV] and iodine value [IV] values by ambient storage of sunflower oil. The results showed that green cardamom extracts were more effective compared to black cardamom extracts. However compared to BHA and BHT [200ppm], these were found to be effective at higher concentrations