ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF HORSERADISH (ARMORACIA RUSTICANA) – PILOT STUDIES

The aim of the study was to evaluate the antioxidant properties of horseradish extracts (Armoraciarusticana). The study’s material consisted of wild, horseradish samples coming from three different regions ofPoland (Mazowsze, Wielkopolska and Podlasie). Antioxidant activity was investigated using DPPH• free radical,and the final result was converted into the equivalent of the antioxidant activity of vitamin C. Studies haveshown that one of the samples had significantly higher antioxidant activity than the other two, whose antioxidantpotential was similar from a statistical point of view. It was calculated that 1 g dry substance of horseradishsamples had an antioxidant activity corresponding to 4.31 – 8.78 mg of vitamin C.