BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA

ABSTRACT Fruits provide not only essential nutrients for food, but also bioactive compounds that promote health benefits and help reducing the risk of developing non-communicable chronic diseases. In this sense, this work aimed at quantifying bioactive compounds during the maturation of four fruits...

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Main Authors: NIGÉRIA PEREIRA GONÇALVES, ELISEU MARLÔNIO PEREIRA DE LUCENA, ORIEL HERRERA BONILLA, MÁRCIA RÉGIA SOUZA DA SILVEIRA, FRANCISCA JÉSSICA COSTA TAVARES
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 2017-12-01
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author NIGÉRIA PEREIRA GONÇALVES
ELISEU MARLÔNIO PEREIRA DE LUCENA
ORIEL HERRERA BONILLA
MÁRCIA RÉGIA SOUZA DA SILVEIRA
FRANCISCA JÉSSICA COSTA TAVARES
author_facet NIGÉRIA PEREIRA GONÇALVES
ELISEU MARLÔNIO PEREIRA DE LUCENA
ORIEL HERRERA BONILLA
MÁRCIA RÉGIA SOUZA DA SILVEIRA
FRANCISCA JÉSSICA COSTA TAVARES
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description ABSTRACT Fruits provide not only essential nutrients for food, but also bioactive compounds that promote health benefits and help reducing the risk of developing non-communicable chronic diseases. In this sense, this work aimed at quantifying bioactive compounds during the maturation of four fruits native to the Restinga forest of Ceara. Myrtle fruits (Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC.) were collected at the Botanical State Park of Ceara, Caucaia-CE, and guajiru (Chrisobalanus icaco L.), manipuça (Mouriri cearensis Huber) and murici-pitanga fruits (Byrsonima gardneriana A. Juss.) at the Botanical Garden of São Gonçalo, São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE. Fruits were collected at different stages (E) and transported to the Laboratory of Plant Ecophysiology, being characterized into five or six maturation stages according to the bark color, then processed and frozen for the following physicochemical and chemical evaluations: ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll, total carotenoids, total anthocyanins and yellow flavonoids. A completely randomized design was used, with five or six treatments, depending on the maturation stages of fruits and four replicates. Murici-pitanga had higher contents of ascorbic acid (ascorbic acid 646.23 mg/100 g E5), total carotenoids (6.13 mg/100 g E5) and total anthocyanins (7.99 mg/100 g E2); and myrtle had higher contents of total chlorophyll (11.05 mg/100 g E1) and yellow flavonoid (69.11 mg/100 g E2). There are positive and significant correlations between chlorophyll and carotenoid (R= 0.99; P <0.01) for manipuça and between anthocyanin and yellow flavonoid (R= 0.97; P <0.05) for murici-pitanga fruits; however, the correlation is negative and significant between ascorbic acid and yellow flavonoids (R= -0.98; P <0.05) for myrtle fruits. It could be concluded that murici-pitanga and myrtle fruits had the highest contents of bioactive compounds with the highest levels, therefore both fruits can be recommended to be commercially exploited by the food, cosmetic and phytomedicine sectors.
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spelling doaj.art-479bd8f89086401a9f75d5757dfc42582022-12-21T17:43:14ZengSociedade Brasileira de FruticulturaRevista Brasileira de Fruticultura1806-99672017-12-0139510.1590/0100-29452017686S0100-29452017000500303BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARANIGÉRIA PEREIRA GONÇALVESELISEU MARLÔNIO PEREIRA DE LUCENAORIEL HERRERA BONILLAMÁRCIA RÉGIA SOUZA DA SILVEIRAFRANCISCA JÉSSICA COSTA TAVARESABSTRACT Fruits provide not only essential nutrients for food, but also bioactive compounds that promote health benefits and help reducing the risk of developing non-communicable chronic diseases. In this sense, this work aimed at quantifying bioactive compounds during the maturation of four fruits native to the Restinga forest of Ceara. Myrtle fruits (Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC.) were collected at the Botanical State Park of Ceara, Caucaia-CE, and guajiru (Chrisobalanus icaco L.), manipuça (Mouriri cearensis Huber) and murici-pitanga fruits (Byrsonima gardneriana A. Juss.) at the Botanical Garden of São Gonçalo, São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE. Fruits were collected at different stages (E) and transported to the Laboratory of Plant Ecophysiology, being characterized into five or six maturation stages according to the bark color, then processed and frozen for the following physicochemical and chemical evaluations: ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll, total carotenoids, total anthocyanins and yellow flavonoids. A completely randomized design was used, with five or six treatments, depending on the maturation stages of fruits and four replicates. Murici-pitanga had higher contents of ascorbic acid (ascorbic acid 646.23 mg/100 g E5), total carotenoids (6.13 mg/100 g E5) and total anthocyanins (7.99 mg/100 g E2); and myrtle had higher contents of total chlorophyll (11.05 mg/100 g E1) and yellow flavonoid (69.11 mg/100 g E2). There are positive and significant correlations between chlorophyll and carotenoid (R= 0.99; P <0.01) for manipuça and between anthocyanin and yellow flavonoid (R= 0.97; P <0.05) for murici-pitanga fruits; however, the correlation is negative and significant between ascorbic acid and yellow flavonoids (R= -0.98; P <0.05) for myrtle fruits. It could be concluded that murici-pitanga and myrtle fruits had the highest contents of bioactive compounds with the highest levels, therefore both fruits can be recommended to be commercially exploited by the food, cosmetic and phytomedicine sectors.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452017000500303&lng=en&tlng=enácido ascórbicoclorofilacarotenoidesantocianinasflavonoides amarelos
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ELISEU MARLÔNIO PEREIRA DE LUCENA
ORIEL HERRERA BONILLA
MÁRCIA RÉGIA SOUZA DA SILVEIRA
FRANCISCA JÉSSICA COSTA TAVARES
BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura
ácido ascórbico
clorofila
carotenoides
antocianinas
flavonoides amarelos
title BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
title_full BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
title_fullStr BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
title_full_unstemmed BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
title_short BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS DURING THE MATURATION OF FOUR FRUITS NATIVE TO THE RESTINGA FOREST OF CEARA
title_sort bioactive compounds during the maturation of four fruits native to the restinga forest of ceara
topic ácido ascórbico
clorofila
carotenoides
antocianinas
flavonoides amarelos
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