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Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity three fruit species from the Brazilian Cerrado [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2019
The aim of this study was to determine the content of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity present in three fruit species from the Brazilian Cerrado: carnauba (Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H.E. Moore), murici (Byrsonima crassifolia L.
Regilda Saraiva dos Reis Moreira-Araújo, Nara Vanessa dos Anjos Barros, Rayssa Gabriela Costa Lima Porto, Amanda de Castro Amorim Serpa Brandão, Alessandro de Lima, Roseane Fett   +5 more
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Bioactive Compounds Found in Brazilian Cerrado Fruits [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015
Functional foods include any natural product that presents health-promoting effects, thereby reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Cerrado fruits are considered a source of bioactive substances, mainly phenolic compounds, making them important functional foods. Despite this, the losses of natural vegetation in the Cerrado are progressive.
Bailão, Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso, Devilla, Ivano Alessandro, da Conceição, Edemilson Cardoso, Borges, Leonardo Luiz   +3 more
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The bioactive constituents and antioxidant activities of ten selected Brazilian Cerrado fruits

Food Chemistry: X, 2022
This study measured the total levels of phenolic, anthocyanin, carotenoid, and tocopherol compounds, and vitamin C in ten fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado: araçá-boi, bacaba, bacupari, biribá, cajuí, curriola, marmelada-espinho, mirindiba, murici, and puçá-preto. Five extracts were prepared from each fruit using solvents with different polarities. The
Borges, Paulo Rogério Siriano, Edelenbos, Merete, Larsen, Erik, Hernandes, Thais, Nunes, Elisângela Elena, Vilas Boas, Eduardo Valério de Barros, Pires, Caroline Roberta Freitas   +6 more
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Fruits and frugivores of the Brazilian Cerrado: ecological and phylogenetic considerations [PDF]

Acta Botanica Brasilica, 2016
ABSTRACT Knowing the morphological and phylogenetic patterns of fruits of a plant community may elucidate plant-frugivore interactions, and analysis of dispersal syndromes is a practical approach to understanding these mutualisms. We investigated different zoochorous fruits and frugivorous animals among Cerrado formations (forest, savanna and grassland)
Kuhlmann, Marcelo, Ribeiro, José Felipe
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EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF BRAZILIAN CERRADO FRUITS IN VITRO

Interfaces Científicas - Saúde e Ambiente, 2023
O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a avaliação da atividade antioxidante in vitro das polpas do cerrado brasileiro, com o objetivo de identificar a qualidade dessa matéria-prima. Após o recebimento dos frutos, as polpas foram removidas manualmente e avaliadas a atividade antioxidante por meio do radical livre DPPH, compostos fenólicos e o teor de ...
Moreno Luzia, Débora Maria, Vaz da Silva, Danienes, Silva Farias, Vera Lucia da   +2 more
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Effects of thermal process in bioactive compounds of mixed Brazilian cerrado fruit jam [PDF]

Food Science and Technology, 2021
Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of thermal vacuum processing and thermal processing without vacuum on the content of bioactive compounds and the antioxidant activity of low-calorie mixed Brazilian cerrado fruit jam. The mixed jam consisted of 60% of mixed pulp of Marolo, soursop and sweet passion fruit, and 40% other ...
Telma Melo BRANDÃO, Elisângela Elena Nunes CARVALHO, Juliana Pinto de LIMA, Eloá Lourenço do CARMO, Heloisa Helena de Siqueira ELIAS, Glêndara Aparecida de Souza MARTINS, Soraia Vilela BORGES   +6 more
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Energy and lipid contents, and polyphenols composition of pequi pulp according to the fruit native area

Ciência Rural, 2022
: Pequi (Caryocar spp.) is a fruit native to the Brazilian Savannah (Cerrado), and Caryocar brasilienseCamb. is one of the most prevalent species in this biome.
Nara Rúbia Rodrigues do Nascimento-Silva, Aline Medeiros Alves-Santos, Cecília Maria Alves de Oliveira, Ana Paula Terezan, Aline Priscilla Gomes da Silva, Maria Margareth Veloso Naves   +5 more
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Nuclear and chloroplast microsatellites reveal high genetic diversity and structure in Platonia insignis Mart., an endangered species native to the Brazilian Amazon

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2021
Bacurizeiro (Platonia insignis) is a fruit of the Amazon that, due to anthropic actions, has been suffering serious damage to its genetic diversity. We analyzed the genetic diversity and structure of seven bacurizeiro populations distributed among four ...
Wellington F. Nascimento, Gabriel Dequigiovanni, Santiago L. F. Ramos, Caroline B. Garcia, Elizabeth A. Veasey   +4 more
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Centesimal composition and antioxidant compounds of two fruits from the Cerrado (Brazilian Savannah) [PDF]

Revista Ceres, 2019
ABSTRACT This study presents data on the centesimal composition and antioxidant compounds content of two Brazilian Cerrado fruits: Bromelia balansae Mez (gravata) and Inga laurina (Sw) Willd (inga). The centesimal composition followed the methodology recommended by the Adolfo Lutz Institute, except for lipids in which the method proposed by Bligh and ...
Maria Carolina de Lima, Guilherme Vannucchi Portari   +1 more
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Correlations between physical and chemical characteristics of Cortibel guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruits grown in the Brazilian Cerrado

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, 2023
The correlation between physical and chemical attributes of fruits can serve as indicators for the ideal harvest time and function as selection criteria to enhance the management and productivity of crops.
Francielly Rodrigues Gomes, Kamilla Morais Silveira, Cláudia Dayane Rodrigues Marques, Beatriz Alves Ferreira, Ângela Lopes Barros, Alejandro Hurtado Salazar, Danielle Fabíola Pereira da Silva, Américo Nunes da Silveira Neto   +7 more
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