Physicochemical aspects and nutritional quality of coco catolé (Syagrus cearensis)

• Autor(a) principal: Meireles, Bruno Raniere Lins de Albuquerque
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Alcantara, Maristela Alves, Brito, Isabelle de Lima, Lima, Renato Pereira, Sousa, Alex Sandro Bezerra de, Cordeiro, Angela Maria Tribuzy de Magalhães
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/3822
• topic: Caracterização nutricional; Palmeira nativa; Semiárido nordestino.; Caracterización nutricional; Palma nativa; Semiárido del noreste.; Nutritional characterization; Native palm tree; Northeastern semi-arid.

Among the native palms of the Brazilian Northeast is the Catolé (Syagrus cearensis), whose information about its fruit is incipient. In this way, the objective was to evaluate the physical-chemical characteristics and nutritional quality of the coconut fruit, guaranteeing and expanding its use in the diet of the Brazilian semi-arid region. The whole fruit, the endocarp and the endosperm had an average weight of 39.33; 17.40 and 1.74 g, respectively. In the pulp, the levels of moisture (68.74%), ashes (1.91%), proteins (3.53%), lipids (0.46%) and carbohydrates (25.36%), showed the susceptibility of this fruit to the fungal action, being important to observe its storage conditions. The almond, with low moisture contents (6.51%), showed the protein content (9.95%) and lipid (38.22%), confirming the excellent yield of the genus Syagrus in the production of vegetable oil. For the pulp pigments values of 6.38 and 1.86 mg/100g of total flavonoids and carotenoids were found, respectively. Almond presented a representative profile of minerals: magnesium (143.02 mg/100 g), potassium (515.35 mg/100 g), manganese (2.44 mg/100 g) and copper (1.76 mg/100 g). Most of the daily intake requirements recommended. The study of fruit composition contributes to the knowledge of the nutritional and functional properties of Catolé and to fill a gap still existing in the literature on the potential of using Syagrus cearensis.