Physicochemical and functional properties of the undervalued fruits of cactus Cylindropuntia imbricate (“xoconostle”) and antioxidant potential

Laguna, Beatriz del C. Coutiño; Gallegos, Adriana Carolina Flores; Valdés, Juan A. Ascasio; Iliná, Anna; Galindo, Aidé Sáenz; Facio, Adalí Oliva Castañeda; González, Sandra Cecilia Esparza; Herrera, Raúl Rodríguez

doi:10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102245

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“…After all, polyphenols content in plant tissue is very critical. They act as antioxidants with protective effects against cancer, Alzheimer’s, and cardiovascular diseases [ 26 ].…”

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“…Other polyphenolic compounds have been found in F. glaucescens ripe fruits, highlighting naringenin, apigenin, cinnamic, and p -hydroxybenzoic acids as major constituents. Differences in the phenolic profile from different Ferocactus fruits may be influenced by genotype, epicarp color, and growing conditions [ 2 , 26 ]. According to its phenolic profile, this fruit seems suitable as functional food and for pharmaceutical industries.…”

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Ferocactus herrerae Fruits: Nutritional Significance, Phytochemical Profiling, and Biological Potentials

Abdel-Baki

Ibrahim

Mahdy

2022

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

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The current study reports for the first time the nutritional, fruit volatiles, phytochemical, and biological characteristics of Ferocactus herrerae J. G. Ortega fruits. The nutritional analysis revealed that carbohydrate (20.6%) was the most abundant nutrient followed by dietary fibers (11.8%), lipids (0.9%), and proteins (0.8%). It was rich in vitamins, minerals, essential, and non-essential amino acids. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of the headspace-extracted volatiles showed that 3-methyl octadecane (35.72 ± 2.38%) was the major constituent detected. Spectrophotometric determination of total phenolic and flavonoid contents of the fruit methanolic extract (ME) showed high total phenolic [9.17 ± 0.87 mg/g gallic acid equivalent (GAE)] and flavonoid [4.99 ± 0.23 mg/g quercetin equivalent (QE)] contents. The ME was analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet (HPLC-UV), which allowed for both qualitative and quantitative estimation of 16 phenolic compounds. Caffeic acid was the major phenolic acid identified [45.03 ± 0.45 mg/100 g dried powdered fruits (DW)] while quercitrin (52.65 ± 0.31 mg/100 g DW), was the major flavonoid detected. In-vitro assessment of the antioxidant capacities of the ME revealed pronounced activity using three comparative methods; 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) (132.06 ± 2.1 μM Trolox equivalent (TE) /g), 2,2′-azino-di(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), (241.1 ± 5.03 uM TE/g), and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) (258.9 ± 1.75 uM TE/g). Besides, remarkable anti-inflammatory [COX-1 (IC50 = 20.2 ± 1.1 μg/mL) and COX-2 (IC50 = 9.8 ± 0.64 μg/mL)] and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory (IC50 = 1.01 ± 0.39 mg/mL) activities were observed. Finally, our results revealed that these fruits could be used effectively as functional foods and nutraceuticals suggesting an increase in their propagation.

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“…After all, polyphenols content in plant tissue is very critical. They act as antioxidants with protective effects against cancer, Alzheimer’s, and cardiovascular diseases [ 26 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Ferocactus herrerae Fruits: Nutritional Significance, Phytochemical Profiling, and Biological Potentials

Abdel-Baki

Ibrahim

Mahdy

2022

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

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“…The ash content was determined according to the AOAC 920.181 (2015) procedure. Finally, an X‐ray fluorescence spectrometer (PANalytical brand, Epsilon1 model) was used to determine the content of minerals following the methodology reported by Laguna et al (2022).…”

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Effects of growth conditions on the physicochemical, mineral, and amino acid profile of polyembryonic maize

Gontes‐Pérez,

Garcia‐Ortiz,

Espinoza‐Velázquez

et al. 2023

Cereal Chem

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Background and ObjectiveAmong the methods to improve the quality of maize (Zea mays L.) kernels are crossing with better quality genotypes and agronomic management. In this study, the quality (lipids, proteins, crude fiber, carbohydrates, ashes, minerals, and amino acids) of polyembryonic (PEm) and non‐polyembryonic (NPEm) maize was evaluated in individual plants (IND) as polyembryonic (PE). Three different genotypes (AE = high polyembryony hybrid maize, NAP = normal‐height high polyembryony maize, and CAI = NPEm hybrid) were selected; in addition, maize kernels were obtained under different growing conditions of population density (HD = high density and LD = low density) and fertilization rates (LF = low fertilization (120 N, 60 P, 0 K), and HF = high fertilization (240 N, 90 P, 0 K)).FindingsThe results indicate that PEm has higher protein (10.3%) and fat (7.5%) and lower carbohydrate content (2.0%) than CAI. The highest concentration minerals were P, S, Cl, K, Ca, and Fe in all maize genotypes. In addition, NAP of IND plants had a higher content of Serine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Glutamine and Alanine. On the other hand, in the experiments where the effect of population density and fertilization level was evaluated, it was observed that PEm produced with low population density (LD) presented higher values of ash, fiber and carbohydrate content (1.1, 1.4 and 2.7 %, respectively) and lower fat content (6.0 %). In addition, PEm produced in HD presented higher values of fat, protein, fiber, K, P and S than the control group (CAI). Finally, PEm produced with LF presented higher proportions of fat, protein, fiber, K and P (5.7 %, 8.2 %, 1.1 %, 5.8 mg/100 g and 1.6 mg/100 g, respectively) compared to the control group (CAI). In addition, fertilization was observed to influence carbohydrate content, presenting an increase of up to 24% in HF and 10% in LF.ConclusionThe combined use of corn of polyembryonic genotypes with different agronomic managements such as stocking density (LD and HD) and fertilization rate (LF/HF) during grain production can generate significant changes in grain quality.Significance and NoveltyThe use of polyembryonic maize genotypes is an option to improve grain quality. In addition, the results of this study allowed us to observe the effect of agronomic practices such as planting population density and fertilization rate on different variables of interest for grain quality.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“…The solutions were mixed and taken to a water bath at 100 • C for 1 h. The solutions were allowed to cool at room temperature and the absorbance was measured at 460 nm using a spectrophotometer Biomate 3 (Thermo Spectronic, Madison, WI, USA). The experiment was performed by triplicate, expressing the results as mg/g [26].…”

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Valorization of Mexican Rambutan Peel through the Recovery of Ellagic Acid via Solid-State Fermentation Using a Yeast

De La Rosa-Esteban,

Sepúlveda,

Chávez-González

et al. 2023

Fermentation

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Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) is a tropical fruit that is originally from Southeast Asia and it was introduced to Mexico in the 1960s; the fruit’s peel is known to possess ellagitannins such as ellagic acid which give the peel great biological activity; solid-state fermentation has been used to obtain said compounds and rambutan peel can be used as a fermentation support/substrate; this work aims to obtain, identify and quantify ellagic acid obtained via SSF with a strain of yeast. The water-absorption index and the support’s maximum moisture were determined. To determine the ideal conditions for ellagic acid accumulation, a Box–Behnken 3k experimental design was applied using variables such as temperature, moisture and inoculum. The maximum accumulation time of ellagic acid via solid-state fermentation was determined to be 48 h with ideal conditions of 30 °C, 60% moisture and 1.5 × 107 cells/g using S. cerevisiae, and high-performance liquid chromatography was used to identify ellagic acid, geraniin and corilagin as the most abundant compounds. The maximum recovery of ellagic acid was 458 ± 44.6 mg/g. HPLC/ESI/MS analysis at 48 h fermentation showed biodegradation of geraniin and corilagin due to ellagic acid. Mexican rambutan peel has been demonstrated to be a suitable substrate for SSF.

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Physicochemical and functional properties of the undervalued fruits of cactus Cylindropuntia imbricate (“xoconostle”) and antioxidant potential

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Ferocactus herrerae Fruits: Nutritional Significance, Phytochemical Profiling, and Biological Potentials

Ferocactus herrerae Fruits: Nutritional Significance, Phytochemical Profiling, and Biological Potentials

Effects of growth conditions on the physicochemical, mineral, and amino acid profile of polyembryonic maize

Valorization of Mexican Rambutan Peel through the Recovery of Ellagic Acid via Solid-State Fermentation Using a Yeast

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