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. 2014 Sep 18;52(6):3169–3186. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1558-5

Table 3.

Effect of medicinal plants on acrylamide content mitigation

Plant name Used part Acrylamide reduction (%) Used system Other parameters References
Capsicum annuum L. var. Aviculare Oleoresin of fruit (for frying) Model (aspargine/glucose) 180 °C Salazar et al. 2012a
26/77 Food (fried potato-5 min/tortilla chips-2.30 min)
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze. Leaf (3 g/kg) Olive Sterilization in computer controlled retort 121 °C for 15 min Casado et al. 2010
Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Origanum vulgare L.
Allium sativum L. Blanched bulb (15 g/kg) 30.62
Raw (15 g/kg)
Mentha canadensis L. Aerial part 74.5 Model (aspargine/glucose) 180 °C for 15 min,Aqueous extract (0.1 mg /ml, 100 μl) Zhu et al. 2009
Kotsiou et al. 2010
Arribas-Lorenzo et al. 2009
Arribas-Lorenzo and Morales 2012
Zhu et al. 2011
Cuminum cyminum L. Seed 73.1
Illicium verum Hook. f. Fruit 68.9
Coriandrum sativum L. Seed 61.5
Lycium barbarum L. Fruit 60.1
Eugenia caryophylata Thunb. Bud 58.7
Prunella vulgaris L. Inflorescence 56.3
Lens culinaris L. Seed 55.6
Capsicum frutescens L. Fruit 55.5
Vitis vinifera L. Seed 54.1
Citrus hystrix DC. Leaf 50.7
Murraya koenigii L. Leaf 49.7
Salvia officinalis L. Aerial part 49.2
Rheum officinalis Baill. Root 48.7
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Seed 48.1
Rhus chinensis Mill. Gall 47.6
Petroselinum crispum L. Leaf 47.5
Camellia sinensis L. Leaf 46.8
Origanum vulgare L. Leaf 46.1
Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. Flower 43.7
Curcuma longa L. Rhizome 42.2
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. Grain 37.6
Glycine max L. Seed 36.9
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. Fruit 35.8
Cymbopogon citrates Stapf. Stem 34.8
Matteuccia strothiopteris (L.) Todaro. Rhizome 32.9
Myristica fragrans Houtt. Fruit 31.7
Punica granatum L. Peel/Husk 30.1
Rosa chinensis Jacq. Flower 28.1
Rubus chingii Hu. Fruit 24.3
Cinnamomum zeylanium N. Cortex/Bark 23
Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd Aerial part 22.7
Morus alba L. Fruit 14.5
Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. Fruit 11
Ilex cornuta Lindl. et Paxt. Leaf
Olea europaea L. Fruit virgin oil Model (aspargine/glucose) 180 °C for 20 min, Phenolic extract
Origanum vulgare L. Leaf 49
Olea europaea L. Fruit virgin oil Up to 20 Food (cooky) 190 °C for 16 min
Allium cepa L. Raw bulb Up to 30 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min, 0.25–4 % w/w
Curcuma longa L. Raw rhizome Up to 36 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min
Aqueous extract Up to 32
Cuminum cyminum L. Raw seed Up to 37 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min
Aqueous extract Up to 46
Coriandrum sativum L. Raw seed Up to 31 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min
Aqueous extract Up to 36
Eugenia caryophylata Thunb. Bud Up to 56 Model (starch based) 190 °C for 20 min, 0.05–2 % w/w
Up to 50 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min
Cinnamomum zeylanium N. Cortex/Bark Up to 44 Model (starch based) 190 °C for 20 min
Up to 38 Food (cooky) 210 °C for 15 min
Piper nigrum L. Seed 50 Model (starch based) 180 °C for 20 min, Hydro- alcoholic extract Ciesarova et al., 2008
Origanum majorana L. Leaf 60
Origanum vulgare L. Leaf 60
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. Fruit 75
Coriandrum sativum L. Seed Food (ginger cake) 180 °C for 18 min, powder 2% w/w Markov et al., 2012
Cinnamomum zeylanium N. Cortex/Bark
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. Fruit
Illicium verum Hook. f. Fruit
Myristica fragrans Houtt. Fruit 23
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Seed 21
Pimpinella anisum L. Seed 17
Eugenia caryophylata Thunb. Bud 17
Vanilla spp. Seed 11
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Seed 9
Piper nigrum L. Seed 9
Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Rhizome 5
Camellia sinensis L. Leaf 43 Food (cooky) 190 °C for 7 min, Polyphenols (0.1 g/kg) Li et al., 2012
Phyllostachys nigravar. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. 63.9 190 °C for 7 min, Antioxidants (0.2 g/kg)
Malus domestica Borkh. Fruit 35 Model (aspargine/glucose) 160 °C for 30 min, Ethanolic extract, 35 mg/ml, 2 ml Cheng et al., 2010
Abdel-Monem et al., 2013
Garcinia mangostana L. Fruit
Euphoria longana Lamk. Fruit
Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) Britton & Rose. Fruit
Vaccinium corymbosumL. Fruit
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf 84.6
Food (potato chips) 190 °C for 7 min
Psidium guajava L. 84
Rosmarinus officinalis L. 85.7
Origanum vulgare L. 92.8
Olea europaea L. 75.7
Vaccinium oxycoccos L. 59.6
Camellia sinensis L. 56.5
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf 43.4
Model (aspargine/glucose) 180 °C, 10−6 mg/ml reaction solution Zhang et al., 2008b
Camellia sinensis L. 32.3
Olea europaea L. Fruit virgin oil Food (fried crisps) 180 ± 1 °C for 5–15 min Napolitano et al., 2008
Phyllostachys nigravar. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf Up to 74 Food (potato crisps) 170 ± 1 °C for 4 min, Antioxidants (0.001–1 % w/w) Zhang et al., 2007a
Up to 76 Food (French fries)
Phyllostachys nigravar. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf Up to 59 Food (fried chicken wing) 170 ± 1 °C for 4 min, Antioxidants (0.001–1 % w/w) Zhang et al., 2007b
Phyllostachys nigravar. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf Up to 83 Food (bread) 180 ± 3 °C (0.002–4.9 g of 30 % Hydro-alcoholic extract/kg flour) Zhang and Zang, 2007b
Camellia sinensis L. Up to 72.5
Phyllostachys nigra
var. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle. Leaf Up to 74.4 Model (low moisture aspargine/glucose) 180 °C for 15 min (10−6–10 mg/ml of antioxidants extract) Zhang and Zang, 2008
Camellia sinensis L. Up to 74.3
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. Seed flour Model (aspargine/glucose) 180 °C for 10 min (0–55 mg) Salazar et al., 2012b
Seed protein Up to 40
Seed flour Food (cooky) 190 °C for 7–9 min (8 g)
Seed protein
Seed flour Food (tortilla chips) 190 °C for 30–45 s or 205 °C for 4–5.25 min (5 % w/w)
Seed protein
Rosmarinus officinalis L. Leaf Up to 38 Food (deep fried potato) 180 °C for 5 min (1,000 mg/kg of extract) Urbancic et al., 2013