Data/hora: 12/06/2024 08:59:56

Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Carotenoids, sugars, ascorbic acid, total phenolics, and antioxidant activity of murici from Brazilian Cerrado during refrigerated storage
Autores: | Belisário,Celso Martins; Soares,Antônio Gomes; Coneglian,Regina Celi Cavestré; Plácido,Geovana Rocha; Castro,Carlos Frederico de Souza; Rodrigues,Lamonier Antônio Nery.
Data: | 2020-01-01
Ano: | 2020
Palavras-chave: | Postharvest; Native fruits; Byrsonima crassifolia; Malpighiaceae; Antioxidant activity.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: Native fruits are economically important to small producers, and they are a important part of the diet of several communities. Therefore, postharvest studies of these fruits are essential. In addition, research involving their chemical composition can identify substances that add potential value to the fruits, especially from a nutritional and medicinal standpoint. This study characterized the fruits of the muricizeiro shrub (Byrsonima crassifolia, Malpighiaceae), which were harvested from native plants on private properties and stored for 16 days at a mean temperature of 12 °C. The fruits were evaluated during storage for: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, ascorbic acid content, phenolics and carotenoids total, carotenoids profile, glucose, fructose and sucrose contents. Overall, the temperature that the fruits were storage at was effective at maintaining the quality of the fruit. However, the ascorbic acid content of the fruits did decrease during the storage period. Results showed that the fruits had a high antioxidant capacity, possibly because of the presence of phenolic compounds and carotenoids. It is also important to highlight that this fruit is source of vitamin A, owing to the high concentration of β-carotene.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782020000400751
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20180620
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.50 n.4 2020
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess