Cambuci: a native fruit from the Brazilian Atlantic forest showed nutraceutical characteristics

Autor(es)

Tokairin, Tatiane de Oliveira ^[1] ; Gomes da Silva, Mine Priscilla ^[1] ; Spricigo, Poliana Cristina ^[1] ; de Alencar, Severino Matias ^[2] ; Jacomino, Angelo Pedro ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, ESALQ, Dept Crop Sci, Postharvest Lab Hort Prod, Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, ESALQ, Coll Agr, Dept Agroind Food & Nutr, Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, ESALQ, Dept Crop Sci, Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura; v. 40, n. 5 2018.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The Atlantic Forest is recognized as a biome rich in biodiversity. Cambuci trees (Campomanesia phaea) produce fruits that may be consumed as both fresh and processed forms but are still underutilized. The aim of this study was to describe the physicochemical characteristics and bioactive compounds in cambuci fruits from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, located at Natividade da Serra-SP, Brazil. Cambuci fruits of the fifty-nine accessions were characterized according to fresh weight, pulp yield, peel percentage, longitudinal and transversal diameters (LD and TD, respectively), pH, soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA), SSC/TA ratio, ascorbic acid, total phenolic compounds content, and antioxidant capacity using the DPPH assay. The soluble solids contents varied from 5.10 degrees Brix to 11.00 degrees Brix. The titratable acidity varied from 1.29 to 2.90 g citric acid 100 g(-1). Ascorbic acid content was of 31.12 to 139.38 mg 100 g(-1). Total phenolic compounds varied from 330.5 mg GAE 100 g(-1) to 3,526.04 mg GAE 100 g(-1). The antioxidant capacity was of 65.03 mu mol Trolox g(-1) fruit pulp (fresh weight) to 199.78 pmol Trolox g(-1 )fruit pulp (fresh weight), a factor of 6.7 difference between the extremes. These results showed cambuci fruits presented as rich source of ascorbic acid, total phenolic compounds, and with high antioxidant capacity. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/12606-3 - Frutas da Mata Atlântica potencialmente funcionais: caracterização, multiplicação de plantas e conservação pós-colheita
• Beneficiário: Angelo Pedro Jacomino
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático