Jam processing and storage effects on b-carotene and flavonoids content in grapefruit

[EN] Grapefruit phytochemicals (beta-carotene and flavonoids) stability after different jam processing was evaluated. Osmotic dehydration, microwave energy and conventional heating techniques have been used to obtain jam. beta-Carotene and individual flavonoids were analyzed by HPLC technique. The r...

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Autores: Igual Ramo, Marta|||0000-0001-5128-5489, García Martínez, Eva María|||0000-0003-0624-3911, Camacho Vidal, Mª Mar|||0000-0002-2342-2105, Martínez-Navarrete, Nuria|||0000-0001-8345-8495
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/75666
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/75666
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Grapefruit jam
Osmotic dehydration
Microwaves
Flavonoids
Beta-Carotene
Phytochemicals
TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS
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Sumario:[EN] Grapefruit phytochemicals (beta-carotene and flavonoids) stability after different jam processing was evaluated. Osmotic dehydration, microwave energy and conventional heating techniques have been used to obtain jam. beta-Carotene and individual flavonoids were analyzed by HPLC technique. The results showed that jam obtained from osmodehydrated fruit (ODJ) is the only that preserved completely the (beta-carotene content. All processes of production of jam significantly decreased the content of narirutin (NAT), poncirin (PON), naringenin (NAG) and quercetin (QUER), while naringin (NAR) remained stable. Jams obtained by applying a heat treatment showed significant lower values of NAG and QUER in comparison with ODJ. The jam obtained from osmodehydrated fruit, without being submitted to any heat treatment, showed at the end of storage the highest contents of naringin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, didymin, quercetin, poncirin and the total sum of analysed flavonoids. In general, the phytochemical loss in jams as a consequence of processing was lower than those provoked by storage effect.