FSHW: Determination of the total antioxidant and oxidant status of emulsions and herbal teas

Introduction
milk is rich in nutrients, immunoglobulins, important bioactive compounds and other ingredients, in line with the nutrition needs of infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend that babies be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, and that breastfeeding lasts at least until the age of 2 years, followed by complementary feeding after six months. However, according to WHO data, almost two out of every three infants were not exclusively breastfed during the first six months, and no positive progress on breastfeeding rates has been reported in the past 20 years. In addition, it has been reported that mothers tend to start feeding their babies complementary foods earlier than recommended, mainly because the mother believes that breast milk is insufficient and that the baby is not full.
are pharmaceutical, nutrient and herbal supplements used to secrete, perpetuate and increase breast milk. Studies have shown that emulsion can increase the secretion of oxytocin, but also to relieve psychological pressure, breast milk secretion has a certain help. One study reported that 60 percent of nursing mothers had tried Chinese medicine at least once, and 24.3 percent of them said they tried chinese medicine to increase breast milk without any related health problems. For this purpose, the most commonly used herbs include gourd bar (18.4%), ginger (11.8%), home (7.9%), chamomile (7.2%), garlic (6.6%) and blessings (5.9%). Another study concluded that 70 percent of health care providers recommended an emulsion, the most recommended of which was huluba. The study also found that more than 80 percent of people thought the emulsion was beneficial. In addition to herbal supplements to increase breast milk, some herbal teas can be used for the purposes of lactating baby hiccups, increasing sleep time and quality, supporting/relaxing the mother's mind, and increasing fluid intake.
table 1 compares the temperature, water-soluble dry matter content and total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidation status (TOS), and oxidative stress index (OSI) values of tea samples made according to each brand.
Table 1 Antioxidant Capacity of Tea Samples made by Brands
When evaluating the TAS value of the emulsion herbal tea samples brewed according to the instructions, it was found that the TAS value of the classic filter tea bag mixed with herbal tea was (1.0±
<8>0.06) mmol/L, while the TAS value of vitamin-added mixed herbal tea is (3.0±0.00) mmol/L (
P
<0.05). The TAS value of ready-to-eat bar herbal tea is (0.1±0.00) mmol/L, and the TAS value of commercially available sugar block mixed herbal tea is (0.2±0.00) mmol/L. Compared with other emulsion tea types, the marketed granular mixed herbal tea has a higher TAS value ((1.5±0.00) to (1.7±0.14) mmol/L )
P
<0.05). There is no statistically significant difference in TAS value (mmol/L) for herbal teas brewed for other purposes as described (
P
>0.05).
when evaluating the TOS value of the emulsion herbal tea type brewed according to the instructions, it was found that the toss value of the vitamin-added filter bag tea was lower than that of the classic filter bag tea ((4.3±0.44) and (24.7±0.41) (
). P
<0.05)。 The study also found that the TOS value of semi-lactose tea in the form of ready-to-drink bars was (6.2±0.02) smol/L, while the TOS value of mixed herbal tea in the form of sugar blocks was (1.3±0.09) smol/L, and the TOS value of nutmeg herbal tea was also (2.0±0.00) mol/L. The TOS value in the commercially available granular and vitamin-added blend of herbal teas is lower than that of classic herbal teas ((5.1±0.21) to (12.6±0.26) and (49.8±0.60) (
P
<00.05). The tea type with the highest TOS value is chamomile tea ((29.6±0.23) smol/L. The TOS value of musk tea is (17.0±0.02) smol/L, and the TOS value of musk tea with small musk is (6.8±0.07) and (8.1±0.63) smol/L (
P
<0.05), respectively.
When evaluating the OSI values of these tea types, the OSI values of the emulsion mixed herbal tea were: mixed herbal tea (3.56), classic filter tea bag (2.42), nutmeg mixed herbal tea (0.97), vitamin-added filter mixed herbal tea (0.14). The OSI value of the type of granular herbal tea with vitamins (0.21 to 0.79) is lower than that of the classic granular herbal tea (3.16) (
P
<0.05). Among herbal teas for other purposes, the teas with the highest OSI values are chamomile tea (6.96) and musk tea (5.42). The OSI values of musk tea and fennel were 1.68 and 1.84, respectively.
In summary, the antioxidant/antioxidant status of emulsions and other herbal teas may vary depending on their form (powder/particle), type, type of herbal medicine in composition and brand, and some types of emulsions and herbal teas have high levels of oxidant activity. In addition, it seems that vitamin addition is important to balance the antioxidant/antioxidant status of all types of tea.
There are some limitations to this study, the first of which is the characteristics of bioactive substances, which may have an effect on the antioxidant/antioxidant capacity of tea types, but not in this study; Therefore, it is believed that the results of this study may be partially limited in the promotion of tea types in other countries' markets. It is recommended that these conditions be taken into account in future studies.