Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 152, Issue -, Pages 508-515Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.013
Keywords
Tropical fruits; Bioactive compounds; Antioxidant activity; ABTS and DPPH methods
Funding
- General Directorate of Higher Education and Technology
- Foundation Pablo Garcia of the State of Campeche
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The aim to the study was to determine the physicochemical composition, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of fruits from Yucatan, Mexico such as star apple, cashew, mombin, mamey sapote, white,sapote, sugar apple, sapodilla, dragon fruit, nance, llama, custard apple, mamoncillo and black sapote. The physicochemical characteristics were different between fruits and were good sources of bioactive compounds. The edible part with the highest values of antioxidant activity were mamoncillo, star apple, mombin, cashew, white sapote, llama, custard apple, sugar apple, and nance. Total soluble phenols content showed a correlation with antioxidant activity by ABTS (R = 0.52, P <= 0.05) and DPPH (R = 0.43, P <= 0.05). A high correlation was obtained between the two assays (ABTS and DPPH) used to measure antioxidant activity in the tropical fruit species under study (R = 0.82, P <= 0.05). The results show promising perspectives for the exploitation and use of tropical fruits studied with significant levels of nutrients and antioxidant activity. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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