Psidium cattleianum fruits: A review on its composition and bioactivity

Abstract

Psidium cattleianum Sabine, commonly known as araçá, is a Brazilian native fruit, which is very juicy, with sweet to sub acid pulp and a spicy touch. The fruit can be eaten fresh or processed into juice, jellies and ice creams. Araçás are source of vitamin C, minerals, fatty acids, polysaccharides, volatile compounds, carotenoids and phenolic compounds, which can provide nutrients and phytochemical agents with different biological functions. Different pharmacological studies demonstrate that P. cattleianum exerts antioxidant, antidiabetic, anticarcinogenic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antiaging effects. Thus, this article aims to review the chemical composition and biological effects reported for araçá fruit in the last years.

Compuestos bioactivos y capacidad antioxidante en frutos nativos del Uruguay

“…Selections of 'Arazá' species were grouped into 'Arazá Amarillo' (AA -P. cattleyanum f. lucidum) and 'Arazá Rojo' (AR -P. cattleyanum f. cattleyanum) in accordance with the botanical forms and differences in their skin color. Differences found for this fruit were also related to the results of fruit weight, pH, titratable acidity (TA) and total soluble solids (SS), being comparable with previous studies (Medina, et al, 2011;dos Santos Pereira, et al, 2018). 'Guayabo del país' (GO) were larger in size and displayed greater fresh mass than the other fruits.…”

“…Most of the studies used the whole fruit, but some of them (Medina, et al, 2011) evaluated the composition on the fruit flesh. For the method of extraction, some authors use a multi-step extraction procedure including long periods of maceration with solvents with different polarities and removal of fat soluble substances prior phenolic contents analysis, while others use more simple methods (dos Santos Pereira, et al, 2018). When compared with local results found for these native fruits, we obtained relative higher ascorbic acid content and lower total polyphenol content (Feippe, et al, 2011;Silveira, et al, 2016).…”

“…Similar results were reported for fruits and vegetables like red pepper, orange, grapefruit and kiwifruit which are considered the main contributors of vitamin C in the human diet (National Institutes of Health, 2018). This fruits therefore could be considered as good sources of this vitamin for human nutrition purpose (dos Santos Pereira, et al, 2018 including light, temperature, salt and drought stress, the presence of atmospheric pollutants, metals and herbicides (Davey, et al, 2000). However in our experimental conditions the differences found between selections for the same species could be explained mainly by genetic factors.…”

Caracterização do araçá vermelho (Psidium Cattleianum Sabine) liofilizado em pó

“…O araçá vermelho (Psidium cattleianum Sabine) é um fruto silvestre pertencente à família das Myrtaceae, proveniente da Mata Atlântica brasileira. Normalmente é colhido da vegetação nativa ou de pequenos pomares domésticos e comercializado apenas ocasionalmente, sendo ainda pouco conhecido (DOS SANTOS PEREIRA et al, 2018;LIMA et al, 2019). No entanto, o araçá apresenta elevado potencial econômico devido a sua composição físico-química e propriedades bioativas relacionadas, na sua maioria, aos compostos fenólicos e ácido ascórbico, que apresentam uma alta capacidade antioxidante (MCCOOK-RUSSELL et al, 2012).…”

Pharmacological Modulation of Smooth Muscles and Platelet Aggregation by Psidium cattleyanum

“…It has been reported that its extract reduces metastasis of lung cancer [ 4 ]. It possesses anticancer [ 5 – 7 ], antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic activity [ 2 , 8 ]. Anticancer activity is due to presence of beta caryophyllene [ 9 ].…”