Composition
Year Published: 2010
Plant Foods Hum Nutr
Craft BD, Kosińska A, Amarowicz R, Pegg RB
The purpose of this study was to examine the antioxidant properties of peanuts in different forms: raw vs dry roasted vs oil roasted.
Key Findings: Authors found that one of the main antioxidant compounds was p-coumaric acid, along with some of its derivatives. P-coumaric acid was highest in oil roasted peanuts, followed by dry-roasted, then raw. Oil-roasted peanuts were better at scavenging free radicals (substances that can cause cell damage) than dry-roasted peanuts.
