Chemical Characterization, Antioxidant Activity and Cytotoxicity of the Unconventional Food Plants: Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Leaf, Major Gomes (Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.) and Caruru (Amaranthus deflexus L.)

Rosaceae Rubus Rosifolius Smith: Nutritional, Bioactive And Antioxidant Potential Of Unconventional Fruits

“…The physical-chemical parameters in food are very important both from a technological point of view, as well as from a microbiological and nutritional point of view. Some of these parameters in uence microbiological, chemical, physical, enzymatic and food stability changes [7], therefore, the physicochemical characterization of blackberry fruits was carried out and the results are exposed in the Table 1.…”

“…As for ash analysis, a concentration of 0.27% was found in this study, Guedes et al [18] obtained 0.78% and Rambaram et al [19] found 0.4%. The micro and macro nutrients content in a vegetable is associated with soil conditions, climate and agricultural management [7], and that's why they have variations.…”

“…UFPs are among the food sources that develop in natural environments without the need for inputs or new areas [6]. The fact that many of these plants are in areas managed by farmers becomes a fundamental strategy for strengthening the food sovereignty of many families [7]. Food biodiversity presents one of the most signi cant opportunities to enhance food and nutrition security today.…”

Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. leaves – source of nutrients, antioxidant and antibacterial potentials

“…T. paniculatum is widely used in traditional medicine and as a food source and can show antimicrobial activity (Reis et al, 2015). Current studies are related to the medicinal power and phytochemical investigations of T. paniculatum (Tolouei et al, 2019) and few others on the characterization of T. paniculatum from Brazil can be found (Kinupp and Barros, 2008;Moura et al, 2020;Reis et al, 2015). T. paniculatum has shown the presence of nutrients such as proteins and a high content of minerals (magnesium, manganese, potassium, and iron) (Kinupp and Barros, 2008;Moura et al, 2020).…”

“…Current studies are related to the medicinal power and phytochemical investigations of T. paniculatum (Tolouei et al, 2019) and few others on the characterization of T. paniculatum from Brazil can be found (Kinupp and Barros, 2008;Moura et al, 2020;Reis et al, 2015). T. paniculatum has shown the presence of nutrients such as proteins and a high content of minerals (magnesium, manganese, potassium, and iron) (Kinupp and Barros, 2008;Moura et al, 2020). The presence of compounds such as terpenes and phytosteroids can have antimicrobial activity and amino acids, nucleosides, chlorogenic acids, organic acids, and O-glycosylated flavone have ethnomedicinal properties (Reis et al, 2015;Tolouei et al, 2019).…”