Marta Helena Fillet Spoto

• Abstract

  There are great efforts in Brazil to identify, select and use the plant products derived from the rich native flora of the country, such as fruit pulps, essential oils, extracts, resins, and others. These products have great potential for market application due to their active ingredients, which are often unknown and used inefficiently without observing the modern concepts of sustainabl...

  Evaluations potencial use of the cambuci - Campomanesia phaea (O. Berg.) Landrum for utilization in the agro-industrial, AP.R

• Abstract

  The camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), a typical fruit from the Amazon region, has one of the highest levels of vitamin C, antioxidant activity, high levels of carotenoids and phenolic compounds. Despite of the nutritional importance, few studies in relation to marketing and increasing the life of the fruits has been done. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate conservation technologies, ...

  Postharvest quality camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia (HBK) McVaugh) irradiated: studies of packaging and storage temperatures aiming to export fresh fruit, AP.R

• Abstract

  The food in addition to providing health also generate pleasure and its colors are the first sensory aspect that the consumer observes when choosing what to eat. Dyes are substances or mixtures of substances added to food and beverage, for the purpose of giving or intensifying the color of the product and the most commonly used are the artificial, because of its low cost and stability i...

  Potential for butterfly PEA (Clitorea ternatea) as a natural dye and nutritional ingredient in foods, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Strawberry, a native fruit of temperate regions, plays an important commercial function due to its sensorial characteristics, such as flavor and aroma. However, because it is a perishable fruit and short post-harvest life, due to damages that occur in its processing and attack of fungal pathogens, it is necessary to apply alternative products, such as essential oils, aimed at disease co...

  Post-harvest preservation of strawberries with carboxymethylcellulose-based coating associated with the essential oil of Lippia sidoides, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Avocado fruits have a short post-harvest period, especially of the Brazilian cultivars, due to their high metabolic rate and mainly to the deterioration by microorganisms. Synthetic fungicides have been used for the control of fungal diseases. However, this method has had a negative impact, mainly on food safety and on the environment. In this scene, natural substances such as essential...

  Antifungal activity of essential oil of Lippia sidoides in the control of anthracnose in avocados (Persea americana Mill.), BP.IC

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