1. Actividad antioxidante y ácidos grasos de aceite de semillas de siete frutas nativas de la región Amazonas, Perú.
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Cruz, Rosita, Chavez, Segundo G., and Fernández-Jeri, Armstrong B.
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FRUIT seeds , *OILSEEDS , *CAPE gooseberry , *PASSION fruit , *PASSIFLORA , *EDIBLE fats & oils , *FRUIT extracts - Abstract
The primary objective of this research study was to determine the antioxidant activity and the agro-industrial potential of oils extracted from seven different Amazon (Peru) fruit seeds: Vasconcellea pubescens, Vasconcellea weberbaueri (Harms) V.M., Solanum betaceum, Passiflora edulis, Physalis peruviana, Passiflora tripartita, and Spondias purpurea L. The Soxhlet technique was used for extraction of seed oils. The results showed that V. pubescens, V. weberbaueri harms VM, S. betaceum, P. edulis, P. peruviana, and P. tripartita seed oils have potential to be used in food development (IS = 62 to 84; AI = 0.18 to 0.64%). Heterogeneity was also observed in oxidative stability. The V. weberbaueri seed oil was the most stable (IP = 16.13) while the V. pubescens seed oil was the most unstable (IP = 126.34). It is concluded that the seed oils examined have great potential for human consumption, for developing foods and biofuels, and for developing other nonfood related applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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