Agroindustrial residues from Amazonian fruits: bioactive composition, bioaccessibility and potentail use as prebiotics

• Grant number: 19/14358-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): April 27, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: Severino Matias de Alencar
• Grantee: Anna Paula de Souza Silva
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The global generation of residues resulted from agroindustrial activities is a problem with importance mainly environmental, which need for resolution is urgent. Since these materials are still undervalued, unexploited or discarded, the amount of generation is bigger than its use. Although many are discarded in the environment, causing contamination of natural resources and environmental pollution, or are destined for animal feeding, agroindustrial residues from vegetable matrices processing may constitute alternative sources of several bioactive compounds, which may present functional and nutraceutical properties with possible applications in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Two important sources of bioactive compounds, not yet exploited, are the residues of the Brazilian fruits açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and inajá (Maximiliana maripa Aubl. Drude). The mechanical extraction of pulp oil from these fruits generates large volumes of a residue (± 95 % of initial weight) named "cake". Therefore, aiming to value the sustainability of the açaí agroindustrial chain and the processing of inajá, which is still limited to regional and subsistence scale, this work aims to use these fruit cakes targeting: i) sustainability, thus proposing nobler applications for the integral use of these residues; (ii) research of natural antioxidant additives for industrial application; (iii) to evaluate the bioaccessibility of the main bioactive compounds found in these materials, which may also have potential for preventing metabolic disorders; and (iv) to evaluate the prebiotic potential of these cakes to use as possible ingredients and / or food supplement. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

SILVA, ANNA PAULA DE SOUZA; ROSALEN, PEDRO LUIZ; DE CAMARGO, ADRIANO COSTA; LAZARINI, JOSY GOLDONI; ROCHA, GABRIELA; SHAHIDI, FEREIDOON; FRANCHIN, MARCELO; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Inaj ` a oil processing by-product: A novel source of bioactive catechins and procyanidins from a Brazilian native fruit. Food Research International, v. 144, JUN 2021. (19/14358-0)

SILVA, ANNA PAULA DE SOUZA; DE CAMARGO, ADRIANO COSTA; LAZARINI, JOSY GOLDONI; FRANCHIN, MARCELO; SARDI, JANAINA DE CASSIA ORLANDI; ROSALEN, PEDRO LUIZ; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Phenolic Profile and the Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antimicrobial Properties of Acai (Euterpe oleracea) Meal: A Prospective Study. FOODS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2023-01-01. (19/14358-0)

Academic Publications

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

SILVA, Anna Paula de Souza. Agro-industrial residues from Amazonian fruits: bioactive composition, bioaccessibility and potential use as a prebiotic. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.