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Characterization of fruits from the savanna: Araça (Psidium guinnensis Sw.) and Marolo (Annona crassiflora Mart.)

2011; Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos; Volume: 31; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0101-20612011000300026

1678-457X

Clarissa Damiani, Eduardo Valério de Barros Vilas Boas, Eduardo Ramirez Asquieri, Moacir Evandro Lage, Rodrigo Almeida de Oliveira, Flávio Alves da Silva, Daniella Moreira Pinto, Luiz José Rodrigues, Edson Pablo da Silva, Nélio Ranieli Ferreira de Paula,

Banana Cultivation and Research

The objective of this work was to characterize fruits from the Brazilian savanna by means of physical and chemical analyses. The results obtained for araça peel, araça pulp and marolo pulp, respectively, were: moisture (77.03, 80.41 and 70.56 g.100 g-1), ash (0.65, 0.44 and 0.54 g.100 g-1), protein (1.39, 1.87 and 1.99 g.100 g-1), lipids (0.32, 0.33 and 2.36 g.100 g-1), total carbohydrates (90.88 , 78.25 and 24.55 g.100 g-1), total soluble sugars (8.45, 9.99 and 127.4 g.100 g-1), pH (3.76, 3.99 and 4.49), soluble solids (11° Brix, 8.8 °Brix and 21.4 °Brix) and antioxidant potential (16.33, 12.75 and 34.29 discoloration DPPH/100 mL). Calcium was the predominant mineral in araça (490 mg.kg-1 peel and 485 mg.kg-1 pulp) while magnesium was in marolo (350 mg.kg-1). Citric acid was the predominant organic acid in araça (3125 μg.g-1 peel and 881.25 μg.g-1 pulp) and Malic acid was predominant in marolo (76.68 μg.g-1). Therefore, given their nutrient contents, the consumption of these fruits from the savanna should be encouraged.