<i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review
<i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller is an edible plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It has the potential to be used in the food and pharmaceutical industries due to its nutritional characteristics, bioactive compounds, and mucilage content. <i>Pereskia aculeata</i>...
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| author | Naaman Francisco Nogueira Silva Sérgio Henrique Silva Daniel Baron Isabelle Cristina Oliveira Neves Federico Casanova |
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| description | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller is an edible plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It has the potential to be used in the food and pharmaceutical industries due to its nutritional characteristics, bioactive compounds, and mucilage content. <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller is native to the Neotropical region, where it is traditionally employed as food in rural communities, being popularly known as ‘ora-pro-nobis’ (OPN) or the Barbados gooseberry. The leaves of OPN are distinguished by their nontoxicity and nutritional richness, including, on a dry basis, 23% proteins, 31% carbohydrates, 14% minerals, 8% lipids, and 4% soluble dietary fibers, besides vitamins A, C, and E, and phenolic, carotenoid, and flavonoid compounds. The OPN leaves and fruits also contain mucilage composed of arabinogalactan biopolymer that presents technofunctional properties such as thickener, gelling, and emulsifier agent. Moreover, OPN is generally used for pharmacological purposes in Brazilian folk medicine, which has been attributed to its bioactive molecules with metabolic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties. Therefore, in the face of the growing research and industrial interests in OPN as a novel food source, the present work reviews its botanical, nutritional, bioactive, and technofunctional properties, which are relevant for the development of healthy and innovative food products and ingredients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20e895a071c743f4baf5f75181ec056f2023-11-18T07:50:10ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-05-011211209210.3390/foods12112092<i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A ReviewNaaman Francisco Nogueira Silva0Sérgio Henrique Silva1Daniel Baron2Isabelle Cristina Oliveira Neves3Federico Casanova4Centro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Buri 18290-000, SP, BrazilInstituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba 38025-180, MG, BrazilCentro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Buri 18290-000, SP, BrazilCentro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Buri 18290-000, SP, BrazilFood Production Engineering Group, DTU Food, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 227, Dk-2800 Lyngby, Denmark<i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller is an edible plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It has the potential to be used in the food and pharmaceutical industries due to its nutritional characteristics, bioactive compounds, and mucilage content. <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller is native to the Neotropical region, where it is traditionally employed as food in rural communities, being popularly known as ‘ora-pro-nobis’ (OPN) or the Barbados gooseberry. The leaves of OPN are distinguished by their nontoxicity and nutritional richness, including, on a dry basis, 23% proteins, 31% carbohydrates, 14% minerals, 8% lipids, and 4% soluble dietary fibers, besides vitamins A, C, and E, and phenolic, carotenoid, and flavonoid compounds. The OPN leaves and fruits also contain mucilage composed of arabinogalactan biopolymer that presents technofunctional properties such as thickener, gelling, and emulsifier agent. Moreover, OPN is generally used for pharmacological purposes in Brazilian folk medicine, which has been attributed to its bioactive molecules with metabolic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties. Therefore, in the face of the growing research and industrial interests in OPN as a novel food source, the present work reviews its botanical, nutritional, bioactive, and technofunctional properties, which are relevant for the development of healthy and innovative food products and ingredients.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/11/2092plant proteinsmucilagebioactive moleculessustainable protein sourcesfunctional propertiesora-pro-nobis |
| spellingShingle | Naaman Francisco Nogueira Silva Sérgio Henrique Silva Daniel Baron Isabelle Cristina Oliveira Neves Federico Casanova <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review Foods plant proteins mucilage bioactive molecules sustainable protein sources functional properties ora-pro-nobis |
| title | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review |
| title_full | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review |
| title_fullStr | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review |
| title_short | <i>Pereskia aculeata</i> Miller as a Novel Food Source: A Review |
| title_sort | i pereskia aculeata i miller as a novel food source a review |
| topic | plant proteins mucilage bioactive molecules sustainable protein sources functional properties ora-pro-nobis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/11/2092 |
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