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Polyphenols, antioxidant potential and color of three types of fortified Madeira 
wines were evaluated during the accelerated ageing, named as estufagem. The traditional 
estufagem process was set to 45 °C for 3 months. Overheating conditions, 1 month at 70 °C,
were also examined. Total polyphenols (TP), total monomeric anthocyanins (TMA) and
total flavonoids (TF) were assessed by spectrophotometric methods, while individual
polyphenols and furans were simultaneously determined by HPLC-DAD. Antioxidant 
potential (AP) was estimated by ABTS, DPPH and FRAP assays, while color was 
evaluated by Glories and CIELab. Traditional estufagem decreased the TP and AP up to 
20% and 26%, respectively, with final values similar to other wines. TMA of the Madeira 
wines from red grapes decreased during estufagem. Six hydroxybenzoic acids, three
hydroxycinnamic acids, one stilbene, three flavonols and three flavan-3-ols were found in 
these wines. The prominent phenolics were hydroxycinnamates and hydroxybenzoates, 
even after estufagem. Most polyphenols decreased, with the exception of caffeic, ferulic, 
p-coumaric, gallic and syringic acids. Finally, both chromatic systems revealed that all 
wines tended to similar chromatic characteristics after estufagem. The study suggests that 
estufagem can be applied without high impact on polyphenols and antioxidant potential of 
these fortified wines.
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Keywords
 Polyphenols   Antioxidant potential   Color   Wines   Heating   Ageing   .   Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão   Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia 
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Citation
Pereira, V., Albuquerque, F., Cacho, J., & Marques, J. C. (2013). Polyphenols, antioxidant potential and color of fortified wines during accelerated ageing: the Madeira wine case study. Molecules, 18(3), 2997-3017. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18032997
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MDPI
