Native carotenoids composition of some tropical fruits |
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Authors: | Enrique Murillo Daniele Giuffrida Dania Menchaca Paola Dugo Germana Torre Antonio J Meléndez-Martinez Luigi Mondello |
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Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales Exactas y Tecnologia, Universidad de Panama, Panama;2. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente, della Sicurezza, del Territorio, degli Alimenti e della Salute (S.A.S.T.A.S.) Università degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 S. Agata, Messina, Italy;3. Università di Messina, Facoltà di Farmacia, Dipartimento farmaco-chimico, Viale Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy;4. University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy;5. Food Colour and Quality Lab. Dept. Nutrition and Food Science, Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Farmacia, 41012 Sevilla, Spain |
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Abstract: | Many tropical fruits can be considered a reservoir of bioactive substances with a special interest due to their possible health-promoting properties. The interest in carotenoids from a nutritional standpoint has recently greatly increased, because of their important health benefits. Here we report the native carotenoids composition in six tropical fruits from Panama, which is considered a region of great biodiversity. The native carotenoid composition was directly investigated by an HPLC-DAD-APCI-MS methodology, for the first time. In Corozo 32 different carotenoids were detected, including a high content of β-carotene and lycopene. Sastra showed the highest content of zeaxanthin among the fruit investigated. In Sapote 22 different carotenoids were detected, including β-carotene and 10 different zeaxanthin-di-esters. Frutita showed a very high content of the apo-carotenoid β-citraurin, and of a number of its esters. In Maracuyà chino 14 carotenoids were detected, including a high amounts of mono-esterified lauric acid with β-cryptoxanthin and with cryptocapsin. Mamey rojo was characterised by ketocarotenoids with κ rings, both hydroxylated and not hydroxylated. |
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Keywords: | Corozo Sastra Sapote Frutita Maracuya chino Mamey rojo HPLC-DAD-APCI-MS Carotenoid esters |
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