Chemical characterization and antioxidant potential of native fruits of the cerrado of northern Minas Gerais

• Autor(a) principal: Amanda Laís Alves Almeida Nascimento
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Igor Viana Brandi, Carla Adriana Ferreira Durães, Juliana Pinto de Lima, Sandro Braga Soares, Bruna Mara Aparecida de Carvalho Mesquita
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-6723.29619; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42524; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6714-7996; https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-8980-8599
• topic: Compostos bioativos; Micronutrientes; Polpa de frutas; Graviola; Buriti; Butiá; Cagaita; Cajá

This study aimed to chemically characterize the pulps of the tropical fruits araticum (Annona crassiflora), buriti (Mauritia flexuosa), coquinho azedo (Butia capitata), cagaita (Eugenia dysenterica), and cajá (Spondias mombin), with a focus on antioxidant potential and microminerals. Calcium levels in the Araticum pulp are 9.35 mg/100 g and the iron content was 4.78 mg/100 g. In cagaita pulp, the calcium content was 15.35 mg/100 g and magnesium content was 66.00 mg/100 g. The iron content present in coquinho pulp was 11.47 mg/100 g and in cagaita it was 11.53 mg/100 g. The extracts with the highest contents of total phenolic compounds were araticum (433.80 mg GAE/g) and coquinho (173.5 mg GAE/g). Araticum pulp had the highest antioxidant potential because it had the lowest EC50 (0.04 mg/mL). The results presented here demonstrate the great potential of the fruits of the Cerrado in terms of rich mineral nutrients and bioactive compounds.