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| Provedor de dados: |
Biol. Res.
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| País: |
Chile
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| Título: |
Accumulation of Antioxidants in Apricot Fruit through Ripening: Characterization of a Genotype with Enhanced Functional Properties
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| Autores: |
Hegedüs,Attila
Pfeiffer,Péter
Papp,Nóra
Abrankó,László
Blázovics,Anna
Pedryc,Andrzej
Stefanovits-Bányai,Éva
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| Data: |
2011-01-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Antioxidant capacity
Apricot
Color
Ripening
Total polyphenolic content
Vitamin C
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| Resumo: |
Two apricot genotypes, 'Gonci magyarkajszi' and 'Preventa' were assayed at three ripening stages for flesh color indices (L*, a*, b*, C* and Hº), contents of total phenolics and vitamin C, and both water- and lipid-soluble antioxidant capacities (ferric reducing antioxidant power; 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl scavenging activity; total radical scavenging activity; and Photochem lipid-soluble antioxidant capacity) to compare their dynamics in the accumulation of antioxidant compounds and capacities through ripening. The increase in a*, b* and C* and decrease in Hº during ripening represented a color shift from green to yellow and orange due to carotenoid accumulation. Parallel to carotenoid accumulation, contents of total phenolics and vitamin C and antioxidant capacity increased significantly (p < 0.05) from unripe to fully ripe fruits. More phenolics and vitamin C accumulated in fully ripe fruits of 'Preventa' than 'Gonci magyarkajszi'. The accumulation patterns of these compounds were different: while the vitamin C contents in unripe fruit of 'Preventa' and 'Gonci magyarkajszi' were identical (approx. 6 mg/100 g fresh weight), unripe 'Preventa' contained even more phenolics (approx. 12 mmolGA/l) than fully ripe 'Gonci magyarkajszi' (8 mmolGA/l). Our results confirm that fully ripe 'Preventa' fruits are characterized by outstanding functional properties due to the increased accumulation of vitamin C and phenolics throughout the ripening process.
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Journal article
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Inglês
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http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602011000400004
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| Editor: |
Sociedad de Biología de Chile
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Biological Research v.44 n.4 2011
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