Data/hora: 05/06/2024 19:09:11

Provedor de dados: | 42
País: | Brazil
Título: | Antioxidant activity of oils extracted from orange (Citrus sinensis) seeds
Autores: | Jorge,Neuza; Silva,Ana Carolina da; Aranha,Caroline P.M.
Data: | 2016-06-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Agro-industrial waste; Phytosterols; Tocopherols; Vegetable oils.
Resumo: | Due to the increasing production of food in the world with consequent increase of the production of waste, the importance of developing researches for its use is noticed. Thus, the interest in vegetable oils with bioactive compounds, such as the ones extracted from fruit seeds, is growing. Therefore, the present study aims to characterize the oils extracted from seeds of Hamlin, Natal, Pera-rio and Valencia orange varieties (Citrus sinensis), as to the levels of total carotenoids, total phenolic compounds, tocopherols and phytosterols, as well as to determine their antioxidant activity. The orange seed oils presented important content of total carotenoids (19.01 mg/kg), total phenolic compounds (4.43 g/kg), α-tocopherol (135.65 mg/kg) and phytosterols (1304.2 mg/kg). The antioxidant activity ranged from 56.0% (Natal) to 70.2% (Pera-rio). According to the results it is possible to conclude that the orange seed oils can be used as specialty oils in diet, since they contain considerable amounts of bioactive compounds and antioxidants.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000300951
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/0001-3765201620140562
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.88 n.2 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess