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Rangel J, Liberal Â, Catarino S, Costa JC, Romeiras MM, Fernandes Â. Phytochemical and bioactive potentials of African Annonaceae species. Food Chem 2024; 448:139048. [PMID: 38581965 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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This review aims to gather available information on the medicinal, nutritional, and bioactive profiles of Annonaceae species in the African continent, sponsoring their use worldwide and mainly in African communities, where access to food and medicines for basic health care is scarce. >60 medicinal taxa were compiled, belonging to 22 genera, namely Annickia, Annona, Anonidium, Artabotrys, Cleistochlamys, Cleistopholis, Dennettia, Duguetia, Greenwayodendron, Hexalobus, Isolona, Lettowianthus, Monanthotaxis, Monodora, Neostenanthera, Polyceratocarpus, Sphaerocoryne, Uvaria, Uvariastrum, Uvariodendron, Uvariopsis and Xylopia; the most diverse and economically important genera were the genera Annona, Uvaria and Xylopia with 7 species each. Annonaceae species hold a valuable nutritional profile, rich in proteins, fibers, and minerals, being also good sources of a wide range of bioactive compounds of high biological relevance. These compounds are especially important in developing countries, where most of these species are available for direct use as food and/or medicines by the most deprived populations.
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- Josefa Rangel
- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center (LEAF), Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1340-017 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Botânica, Universidade Agostinho Neto, Avenida Ho Chi Minh, Prédio do CNIC, 1° andar, ala esquerda, Luanda, Angola; Centro de Investigação de Montanhas, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-5253 Bragança, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação de Montanhas, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-5253 Bragança, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center (LEAF), Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1340-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center (LEAF), Associated Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1340-017 Lisboa, Portugal; Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Centro de Investigação de Montanhas, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-5253 Bragança, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para a Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia em Regiões de Montanha (SusTEC), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.
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da Costa Nascimento R, de Oliveira Freire O, Ribeiro LS, Araújo MB, Finger FL, Soares MA, Wilcken CF, Zanuncio JC, Souto Ribeiro W. Ripening of bananas using Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth leaves. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3548. [PMID: 30837590 PMCID: PMC6401149 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40053-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Bananas are usually ripened with calcium carbide (CaC2), a dangerous substance that can cause food poisoning. The objective was to test the empirical ripening banana method using Bowdichia virgilioides leaves compared to carbide. Ripening tests were carried out using 'Pacovan' banana fruits with B. virgilioides leaves and carbide following the empirical method used by Borborema farmers, Paraíba, Brazil. Bowdichia virgilioides leaves induced increased respiration and ascorbic acid production and reduced acidity, chlorophyll and pH in banana fruits like CaC2. Leaves of B. virgilioides induce ripening of 'Pacovan' banana with safer and same results than with CaC2.
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- Rivaildo da Costa Nascimento
- Departamento de Agroecologia e Agropecuária, Sítio Imbaúba s/no, Campus II, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 58117-000, Lagoa Seca, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agroecologia e Agropecuária, Sítio Imbaúba s/no, Campus II, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 58117-000, Lagoa Seca, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia de Ciências Ambientais, Campus II, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58397-000, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Agronomia Eliseu Maciel, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 96010-610, Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Vale do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 39803-371, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Horticultura Tropical, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 8, Rua Jairo Vieira Feitosa, 58840-000, Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil.
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Jiang CC, Fang ZZ, Zhou DR, Pan SL, Ye XF. Changes in secondary metabolites, organic acids and soluble sugars during the development of plum fruit cv. 'Furongli' (Prunus salicina Lindl). JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2019; 99:1010-1019. [PMID: 30009532 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Organic acids, sugars and pigments are key components that determine the taste and flavor of plum fruit. However, metabolism of organic acid and sugar is not fully understood during the development of plum fruit cv. 'Furongli'. RESULTS Mature fruit of 'Furongli' has the highest content of anthocyanins and the lowest content of total phenol compounds and flavonoids. Malate is the predominant organic acid anion in 'Furongli' fruit, followed by citrate and isocitrate. Glucose was the predominant sugar form, followed by fructose and sucrose. Correlation analysis indicated that malate content increased with increasing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) activity and decreasing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-malate dehydrogenase (NAD-MDH) activity. Citrate and isocitrate content increased with increasing PEPC and aconitase (ACO) activities, respectively. Both acid invertase and neutral invertase had higher activities at the early stage than later stage of fruit development. Fructose content decreased with increasing phosphoglucoisomerase (PGI) activity, whereas glucose content increased with decreasing hexokinase (HK) activity. CONCLUSION Dynamics in organic acid anions were not solely controlled by a single enzyme but regulated by the integrated activity of enzymes such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-malic enzyme (NADP-ME), NAD-ME, PEPC, ACO and NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase. Sugar metabolism enzymes such as PGI, invertase and HK may play vital roles in the regulation of individual sugar metabolic processes. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Cui-Cui Jiang
- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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