Repository logo
 
Publication

Exploring xoconostle by-products as sources of bioactive compounds

2014Journal article Open access
Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Lillian
dc.contributor.authorRamírez-Moreno, Esther
dc.contributor.authorSantos-Buelga, Celestino
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Isabel C.F.R.
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-03T14:18:22Z
dc.date.available2015-08-03T14:18:22Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe genus Opuntia embraces different species of cactus, and many of them produce acid fruits known as xoconostle, which are considered valuable vegetable foods in Latin America. Xoconostle fruit contains an edible thick-acid-freshly mesocarp, and seeds that are considered as by-products. Given the high potential of its use and consumption, and the lack of information about its detailed chemical composition and bioactive compounds, the aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional and antioxidant properties of pulp and seeds of two highly consumed commercial cultivars of xoconostle fruits (Opuntia joconostle F.A.C. Weber ex Diguet, cv. Cuaresmeño, and Opuntia matudae Scheinvar, cv. Rosa). This investigation shows that the pulp of the studied xoconostle cultivars had an appreciable amount of soluble fiber and antioxidant compounds such as ascorbic acid, while the seeds are a source of fiber, phenolics, flavonoids, PUFAs and tocopherols (specially γ-tocopherol), which provide a good antioxidant capacity. In the light of these results, xoconostle fruits should be considered of great interest for either promoting the conventional consumption, and also as sources of bioactive compounds for the addition to other food products, so that all the nutrients present are fully used, instead of being discarded.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) for its financial support to CIMO (strategic project Pest-OE/AGR/UI0690/2011) and L. Barros (researcher contract under “Programa Comromisso com Ciência-2008”). The authors also acknowledge the support of Mexican association CoMenTuna for providing the plant materials.por
dc.identifier.citationMorales, Patricia; Barros, Lillian; Ramírez-Moreno, Esther; Santos-Buelga, Celestino; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R. (2014). Exploring xoconostle by-products as sources of bioactive compounds. Food Research International. ISSN 0963-9969. 65, Part C, p. 437-444por
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodres.2014.05.067
dc.identifier.issn0963-9969
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/12030
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.relationStrategic Project - UI 690 - 2011-2012
dc.subjectOpuntiapor
dc.subjectXoconostlepor
dc.subjectBy-productspor
dc.subjectPolyphenolspor
dc.subjectVitaminspor
dc.subjectAntioxidant capacitypor
dc.titleExploring xoconostle by-products as sources of bioactive compoundspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleStrategic Project - UI 690 - 2011-2012
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/PEst-OE%2FAGR%2FUI0690%2F2011/PT
oaire.citation.endPage444por
oaire.citation.startPage437por
oaire.citation.titleFood Research Internationalpor
oaire.citation.volume65por
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
person.familyNameBarros
person.familyNameFerreira
person.givenNameLillian
person.givenNameIsabel C.F.R.
person.identifier469085
person.identifier144781
person.identifier.ciencia-id9616-35CB-D001
person.identifier.ciencia-id9418-CF95-9919
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9050-5189
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4910-4882
person.identifier.ridJ-3600-2013
person.identifier.ridE-8500-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id35236343600
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36868826600
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor
relation.isAuthorOfPublication3af07ffe-f914-48ba-a5d5-efcf70fdce01
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationbd0d1537-2e03-41fb-b27a-140af9c35db8
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery3af07ffe-f914-48ba-a5d5-efcf70fdce01
relation.isProjectOfPublicationc59f09d4-9931-4f2e-babb-ef8bed998be7
relation.isProjectOfPublication.latestForDiscoveryc59f09d4-9931-4f2e-babb-ef8bed998be7

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
235.pdf
Size:
284.24 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Exploring xoconostle by-products.pdf
Size:
435.73 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

CIMO - Artigos em Revistas Indexados à WoS/Scopus