Activity of extracts from leaves and residue of cerrado fruits against fruit phytopathogenic fungi.

• Grant number: 11/19057-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: Marta Cristina Teixeira Duarte
• Grantee: Caroline Alves Breda
• Host Institution: Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas e Agrícolas (CPQBA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Paulínia , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The industrial and strategic importance of the cerrado fruits has aroused the interest of researchers as in the case of guavira, jatoba, macaw, cagaita, buriti and pequi, the latter with commercial value. However, due to expansion of farming in the cerrado, have seen significant drops in production, resulting from the removal of native vegetation, making necessary research to show the potential of them. The native species have great potential for economic exploitation, and can be incorporated in new alternative, especially in markets niche avid for news. Besides the possibility of exploitation for food consumption, the cerrado fruits species can still be exploited by the pharmaceutical industry due to the presence of different phytochemicals, many of which have antioxidant properties that may be related to the retardation of aging and prevention of certain degenerative diseases. As for the antimicrobial properties, some studies have shown that essential oils and extracts from leaves and fruits of some species of the cerrado have activity against Bacillus cereus, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus, constituting a new alternative for the exploitation of native cerrado fruits. From the above, this project aims to determine the activity of extracts from leaves and residues (peels and seeds) of cerrado fruits against fruit phytopathogenic fungi, aiming at its application in edible coatings for fruits.

Scientific publications

(5)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BREDA, CAROLINE ALVES; MORGADO, DANIELLA LURY; GARRIDO ASSIS, ODILIO BENEDITO; TEIXEIRA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA. Processing and characterization of chitosan films with incorporation of ethanolic extract from ``pequi{''} peels. MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH, v. 25, n. 11, p. 1049-1056, NOV 2017. (11/19057-7)

BREDA, CAROLINE ALVES; GASPERINI, ALESSANDRA MARCON; GARCIA, VERA LUCIA; MONTEIRO, KARIN MAIA; BATAGLION, GIOVANA ANCESKI; EBERLIN, MARCOS NOGUEIRA; TEIXEIRA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA. Phytochemical Analysis and Antifungal Activity of Extracts from Leaves and Fruit Residues of Brazilian Savanna Plants Aiming Its Use as Safe Fungicides. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING, v. 6, n. 4, p. 195-204, AUG 2016. (11/19057-7, 12/21395-0)

BREDA, CAROLINE ALVES; MORGADO, DANIELLA LURY; GARRIDO DE ASSIS, ODILIO BENEDITO; TEIXEIRA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA. Effect of chitosan coating enriched with pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Camb.) peel extract on quality and safety of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) during storage. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION, v. 41, n. 6, DEC 2017. (11/19057-7)

BREDA, CAROLINE ALVES; MORGADO, DANIELLA LURY; GARRIDO ASSIS, ODILIO BENEDITO; TEIXEIRA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA. Processing and characterization of chitosan films with incorporation of ethanolic extract from "pequi" peels. MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH, v. 25, n. 11, p. 8-pg., 2017-11-01. (11/19057-7)

BREDA, CAROLINE ALVES; GASPERINI, ALESSANDRA MARCON; GARCIA, VERA LUCIA; MONTEIRO, KARIN MAIA; BATAGLION, GIOVANA ANCESKI; EBERLIN, MARCOS NOGUEIRA; TEIXEIRA DUARTE, MARTA CRISTINA. Phytochemical Analysis and Antifungal Activity of Extracts from Leaves and Fruit Residues of Brazilian Savanna Plants Aiming Its Use as Safe Fungicides. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING, v. 6, n. 4, p. 10-pg., 2016-08-01. (12/21395-0, 11/19057-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BREDA, Caroline Alves. Use of extracts from leaves and residues of savanna fruit species as natural fungicides in films and edible coatings. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos Campinas, SP.