Lipophilized rosmarinic acid: Impact of alkyl type and food matrix on antioxidant activity, and optimized enzymatic production.

In this study, the initial focus was on exploring the simultaneous impact of the oil-based food matrix and the polarity of rosmarinic acid derivatives on the antioxidant properties. Rosmarinic acid (RA) showed remarkable DPPH, FRAP, and ABTS radical scavenging activities, followed by methyl rosmarinate (MR) and ethyl rosmarinate (ER). In bulk oil, both conjugated dienes and p-AnV values reached a peak in the following order after 30 days: ER > MR > RA = BHT > control (no antioxidant).