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| Provedor de dados: |
Rev. Bras. Frutic.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Fruits of Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc as good sources of β -carotene and provitamina
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| Autores: |
Faria,Juliana Pereira
Siqueira,Egle M. A
Vieira,Roberto Fontes
Agostini-Costa,Tânia da Silveira
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| Data: |
2011-10-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Brazilian savanna
Palm tree
Carotenoid
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452011000500084
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0100-29452011000500084
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura v.33 n.spe1 2011
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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