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  • 标题:Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant capacity of pitanga fruits (Eugenia uniflora L.)
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  • 作者:Bagetti, Milena ; Facco, Elizete Maria Pesamosca ; Piccolo, Jaqueline
  • 期刊名称:Food Science and Technology (Campinas)
  • 印刷版ISSN:0101-2061
  • 电子版ISSN:1678-457X
  • 出版年度:2011
  • 卷号:31
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:147-154
  • DOI:10.1590/S0101-20612011000100021
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
  • 摘要:

    This study was carried out to obtain more information about the physicochemical properties, composition, and antioxidant activity of pitanga fruits (Eugenia uniflora L.), particularly fruits from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Pitanga with different flesh colors (purple, red, and orange) from tree selections cultivated at Embrapa Clima Temperado (RS-Brazil) were analyzed. Only slight differences were observed in the quality parameters and in the proximate and fatty acid compositions among the fruits studied. The extracts from purple-fleshed pitanga had the highest total phenolic and anthocyanin contents along with the highest antioxidant capacity. The antioxidant capacity (DPPH and FRAP assays) of methanolic pitanga extracts was highly correlated with the total phenolic content, but in ethanolic extracts, the anthocyanin content was correlated only with the FRAP antioxidant capacity. Orange fleshed pitanga had higher β-cryptoxanthin and β-carotene levels than those of the red fruit, which had higher lycopene content. The results indicate that the purple-fleshed pitanga, cultivated in Rio Grande do Sul, is a rich source of phenolic compounds and has high antioxidant capacity. The red and orange-fleshed pitanga, on the other hand, are rich sources of carotenoids.

  • 关键词:açúcares;ácidos graxos insaturados;β-criptoxantina;licopeno;β-caroteno
  • 其他关键词:sugars;insaturated fatty acids;β-cryptoxanthin;lycopene;β-carotene
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