Repository logo
 
Publication

Tocopherols profile of three Castanea sativa varieties submitted to electron beam irradiation

dc.contributor.authorCarocho, Márcio
dc.contributor.authorAntonio, Amilcar L.
dc.contributor.authorRafalski, Andrzej
dc.contributor.authorBento, Albino
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Isabel C.F.R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-11T17:28:04Z
dc.date.available2014-03-11T17:28:04Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractChestnuts are widely appreciated fruits all over the world, being China the biggest producer and Portugal standing in fourth place. The Trás-os-Montes region is responsible for 82% of our nation's production [1). Electron beam irradiation has been tested as a postharvest phytosanitary treatment in chestnuts since the main fumigation agent, Methyl Bromide, was banned by the European Union in 2010 due to environmental concerns and danger to public health (2). The results seem promising, surpassing the main drawbacks that other postharvest treatments still display for chestnut treatment. Tocopherols, constituents of vitamin E, are potent antioxidants in the human body, and the only lipid soluble chain breaking antioxidants. They can act independently or by regenerating vitamin C, which is also an antioxidant. The health benefits of antioxidants have also been reviewed by our research group [3). Recently, we have been studying the effects of electron beam and gamma irradiation in the nutritional and antioxidant parameters of chestnuts [4). Our previous findings reveal that storage time plays a more important role in tocopherols degradation when compared to irradiation doses. In this work, we attempted to generalize the application of electron beam irradiation to three chestnut varieties (Longal, Judia and Cota), evaluating the effects on tocopherols profile obtained by High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to a fluorescence detector. α- and δ-Tocopherols were not affected in none of the analyzed varieties, while γ-tocopherol was higher in irradiated samples for Longal and Cota and lower for Judia. Despite these slight variations, they were not significant and corroborate our previous findings, in which storage time had a major role in tocopherols degradation than the irradiation process.por
dc.description.sponsorshipFCT and COMPETE/OREN/EU (ON.2/QREN/EU Project no.13198/2010; CIMO strategic project PEst-OE/AGR/UI0690/2011 and A.L. Antonio grant- SFRH/PROTEC/67398/2010}.por
dc.identifier.citationCarocho, Márcio; Antonio, Amilcar L.; Rafalski, Andrzej; Bento, Albino; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R. (2013). Tocopherols profile of three Castanea sativa varieties submitted to electron beam irradiation. In 1st Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry. Braga: University of Minhopor
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/9370
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.relationSFRH/PROTEC/67398/2010
dc.relationStrategic Project - UI 690 - 2011-2012
dc.titleTocopherols profile of three Castanea sativa varieties submitted to electron beam irradiationpor
dc.typeconference object
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.conferencePlaceBraga, Portugalpor
oaire.citation.title1st Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of University of Minhopor
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
person.familyNameCarocho
person.familyNameAntonio
person.familyNameBento
person.familyNameFerreira
person.givenNameMárcio
person.givenNameAmilcar L.
person.givenNameAlbino
person.givenNameIsabel C.F.R.
person.identifierawbWiiMAAAAJ&hl
person.identifier144781
person.identifier.ciencia-id5614-005B-5CF1
person.identifier.ciencia-id1014-5259-DE86
person.identifier.ciencia-idD516-325A-9AD7
person.identifier.ciencia-id9418-CF95-9919
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8978-4547
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8271-9964
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5215-785X
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4910-4882
person.identifier.ridJ-1960-2014
person.identifier.ridN-9706-2016
person.identifier.ridE-8500-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id52463229800
person.identifier.scopus-author-id44560921900
person.identifier.scopus-author-id35247694000
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.typeconferenceObjectpor
relation.isAuthorOfPublication46b39e1f-2674-4be1-a96a-c2e5792e6979
relation.isAuthorOfPublication4b23e496-8d11-4ff5-a8ec-e1c2235e5a28
relation.isAuthorOfPublication233115be-9d46-49d0-8b7d-2d64406d64a0
relation.isAuthorOfPublicationbd0d1537-2e03-41fb-b27a-140af9c35db8
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery233115be-9d46-49d0-8b7d-2d64406d64a0
relation.isProjectOfPublicationc59f09d4-9931-4f2e-babb-ef8bed998be7
relation.isProjectOfPublication.latestForDiscoveryc59f09d4-9931-4f2e-babb-ef8bed998be7

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Poster Nac. 119.pdf
Size:
464.02 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.73 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: