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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 7, Pages 2275-2281Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.04.021
Keywords
Myrciaria dubia; Vitamin C; Genotoxicity; Mice; Comet assay
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- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico), Brazil
- FAPERGS (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul), Brazil
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Myrciaria dubia, a plant native to the Amazon region, stands out as a fruit rich in vitamin C and other metabolites with nutritional potential. We evaluated the antioxidant, genotoxic and antigenotoxic potential of M. dubia juice on blood cells of mice after acute, subacute and chronic treatments. Flavonoids and vitamin C present in the fruit of M. dubia were quantified. In vitro antioxidant activity was evaluated by DPPH assay. Blood samples were collected for analysis after treatment, and the alkaline comet assay was used to analyze the genotoxic and antigenotoxic activity (ex vivo analysis using H2O2). The amount of vitamin C per 100 mL of M. dubia was 52.5 mg. DPPH assay showed an antioxidant potential of the fruit. No M. dubia concentration tested exerted any genotoxic effect on mice blood cells. In the ex vivo test, the juice demonstrated antigenotoxic effect, and acute treatment produced the most significant results. After the treatments, there was no evidence of toxicity or death. In conclusion, our data show that M. dubia juice has antigenotoxic and antioxidant activities, though with no genotoxicity for blood cells. Nevertheless, more in-depth studies should be conducted to assess the safety of this fruit for human consumption. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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