Antioxidant effect of Majorana syriaca extract in bulk corn oil and o/w emulsion after applying high hydrostatic pressure

Bulk oils and oil-in-water emulsions were subjected to high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) (200, 650 MPa) treatment so as to estimate the effect of applied pressures on lipid oxidation. HHP-treated and non-treated samples were left to autoxidise under accelerated conditions (2 weeks, 70 °C) and their oxidative status was periodically estimated by measurement of conjugated dienes and peroxide value. Total changes of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances were recorded as additional oxidative markers for emulsions. Results showed an increase in oxidation as pressure was increased especially at 650 MPa. Lipid oxidation rates that were more pronounced for HHP-treated samples can be correlated to measured dissolved oxygen that was also higher. HHP did not seem to have an effect on emulsion droplet size. The addition of Majorana syriaca (200 ppm) ethyl acetate extract led to protection against lipid oxidation under HHP and atmospheric conditions, 20.9–38.7% and 28.9–43.2%, respectively. It was observed that the antioxidant effect of M. syriaca extract under HHP was weaker.