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Provedor de dados: | 94
País: | Brazil
Título: | Fruits of Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc as good sources of β -carotene and provitamina
Autores: | Faria,Juliana Pereira; Siqueira,Egle M. A; Vieira,Roberto Fontes; Agostini-Costa,Tânia da Silveira.
Data: | 2011-10-01
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Brazilian savanna; Palm tree; Carotenoid.
Resumo: | Butia capitata is a palm tree, widely found in the Brazilian savanna. Their fruits are largely used by local communities to prepare juices, jellies and ice-creams. The main objective of this work was to determine the carotenoids profile of Butia capitata fruits and their provitamin A values. Total carotenoids content ranged from 11.1 to 43.9 μg.g-1; β-carotene was the predominant carotenoid (5.2-22.8 μg.g-1), followed by γ-carotene, phytoene, phytofluene, ζ-carotene, α-cryptoxanthin (or zeinoxanthin) and α-carotene. Provitamin A values varied from 50 to 200 RAE.100g-1. This result suggests that B. capitata pulp may be a good source of β-carotene and provitamin A.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452011000500084
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-29452011000500084
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura  v.33 n.spe1 2011
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess