The bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity and microbiological quality of melon juice processed by high-intensity ultrasound (HIUS) were studied. Melon juice was processed at two ultrasound intensities (27 and 52 W/cm2) for two different processing times (10 and 30 min) using two duty cycles (30 and 75%). Unprocessed juice was taken as a control. Total carotenoids and total phenolic compounds (TPC) were the bioactive compounds analyzed while the antioxidant capacity was determined by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assays. The microbiological quality was tested by counting the aerobic and coliforms count as well as molds and yeasts. Total carotenoids increased by up to 42% while TPC decreased by 33% as a consequence of HIUS processing regarding control juice (carotenoids: 23 μg/g, TPC: 1.1 mg GAE/g), gallic acid and syringic acid being the only phenolic compounds identified. The antioxidant capacity of melon juice was enhanced by HIUS, achieving values of 45% and 20% of DPPH and ABTS inhibition, respectively, while >120 mg TE/100 g was determined by FRAP assay. Further, the microbial load of melon juice was significantly reduced by HIUS processing, coliforms and molds being the most sensitive. Thus, the HIUS could be an excellent alternative supportive the deep-processing of melon products.
Durango es uno de los estados con mayor riqueza forestal, siendo el pino el género dominante en sus bosques, de ahí el interés por evaluar química y biológicamente extractos de acículas de Pinus cooperi (COO), P. durangensis (DUR), P. engelmanii (ENG) y P. teocote (TEO). Se practicaron extracciones sucesivas con acetona y metanol acuosos de acículas de pino desengrasadas previamente con hexano, en las cuales DUR y ENG mostraron respectivamente los mejores rendimientos. Los valores más altos del contenido de fenoles totales fueron los extraíbles acetónicos de TEO y los metanólicos de ENG. Se realizó una purificación cromatográfica a los extraíbles acetónicos de TEO, generando cinco fracciones; F3-TEO con 489,6 EC presentó el mayor contenido fenólico. Los extractos acetónicos y metanólicos de TEO y la fracción purificada F3-TEO presentaron la mayor concentración de taninos condensados. En el ensayo de DPPH, los extractos más relevantes según su concentrappm) y F4-TEO (150,8 ppm). De manera similarción efectiva media (CE 50) fueron los acetónicos de , en el ensayo de TEO (223,5 ppm) y las fracciones F3-TEO (145,0 ABTS, los extractos de TEO en acetona (27,7%) y en metanol (18,2%), así como las fracciones F3-TEO (60,1%) y F4-TEO (55,8%) mostraron la supresión más elevada de la oxidación. En el ensayo de la oxidación de LDL, la mayor actividad inhibitoria fue mostrada por extractos acetónicos, particularmente por ENG (99,4%) a una concentración de 90 ppm. Los extractos acetónicos de TEO y de ENG presentan potencial como fuente de polifenoles bioactivos.
Aloe mucilages of Aloe ferox (A. ferox) and Aloe vera (A. vera) were spray-dried (SD) at 150, 160 and 170 °C. Polysaccharide composition, total phenolic compounds (TPC), antioxidant capacity and functional properties (FP) were determined. A. ferox polysaccharides were comprised mainly of mannose, accounting for >70% of SD aloe mucilages; similar results were observed for A. vera. Further, an acetylated mannan with a degree of acetylation >90% was detected in A. ferox by 1H NMR and FTIR. SD increased the TPC as well as the antioxidant capacity of A. ferox measured by both ABTS and DPPH methods, in particular by ~30%, ~28% and ~35%, respectively, whereas in A. vera, the antioxidant capacity measured by ABTS was reduced (>20%) as a consequence of SD. Further, FP, such as swelling, increased around 25% when A. ferox was spray-dried at 160 °C, while water retention and fat adsorption capacities exhibited lower values when the drying temperature increased. The occurrence of an acetylated mannan with a high degree of acetylation, together with the enhanced antioxidant capacity, suggests that SD A. ferox could be a valuable alternative raw material for the development of new functional food ingredients based on Aloe plants.
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