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Total antioxidant activity and fiber content of select Florida-grown tropical fruits.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16968105     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Fourteen tropical fruits from south Florida (red guava, white guava, carambola, red pitaya (red dragon), white pitaya (white dragon), mamey sapote, sapodilla, lychee, longan, green mango, ripe mango, green papaya, and ripe papaya) were evaluated for antioxidant activity, total soluble phenolics (TSP), total ascorbic acid (TAA), total dietary fiber (TDF), and pectin. ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) and DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, radical scavenging activity) assays were used to determine antioxidant activity. The TSP, ORAC, and DPPH ranged from 205.4 to 2316.7 g gallic acid equiv/g puree, <0.1 to 16.7 micromol Trolox equiv/g puree, and 2.1 to 620.2 microg gallic acid equiv/g puree, respectively. The TAA, TDF, and pectin ranged from 7.5 to 188.8 mg/100 g, 0.9 to 7.2 g/100 g, and 0.20 to 1.04 g/100 g, respectively. The antioxidant activities, TSP, TAA, TDF, and pectin were influenced by cultivar (papaya, guava, and dragon fruit) and ripening stage (papaya and/or mango). Antioxidant activity showed high correlations with levels of TSP compounds (r = 0.96) but low correlations with levels of ascorbic acid (r = 0.35 and 0.23 for ORAC and DPPH data, respectively). The antioxidant activities evaluated by both ORAC and DPPH showed similar trends where red guava and carambola exhibited the highest and sapodilla and green papaya exhibited the lowest levels. Guava and mamey sapote exhibited the highest TDF and pectin levels. Many of the tropical fruits were shown to contain an abundance of hydrolyzable tannins, ellagic acid conjugates, and flavone glycosides. Preliminary descriptions are given of the phenols in red/white pitaya (dragonfruit), lychee, and mamey sapote, these fruit being thus far uncharacterized in the literature.
Authors:
Kanjana Mahattanatawee; John A Manthey; Gary Luzio; Stephen T Talcott; Kevin Goodner; Elizabeth A Baldwin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of agricultural and food chemistry     Volume:  54     ISSN:  0021-8561     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Agric. Food Chem.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-13     Completed Date:  2006-11-02     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0374755     Medline TA:  J Agric Food Chem     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  7355-63     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Citrus and Subtropical Products Laboratory, South Atlantic Area, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 600 Avenue S, Northwest, Winter Haven, Florida 33881, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antioxidants / analysis*,  pharmacology
Biphenyl Compounds
Dietary Fiber / analysis*
Flavones / analysis
Florida
Fruit / chemistry*,  growth & development
Pectins / analysis
Phenols / analysis
Picrates / chemistry
Reactive Oxygen Species / chemistry
Tannins / analysis
Tropical Climate
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antioxidants; 0/Biphenyl Compounds; 0/Flavones; 0/Pectins; 0/Phenols; 0/Picrates; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 0/Tannins; 1898-66-4/2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; 9000-69-5/pectin

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