Post-harvest quality and quantification of betalains, phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in fruits of three cultivars of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Mill)
Postharvest quality, quantification of betalains, phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of peel, pulp and juice of fruits of three prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Mill.) cultivars of Colegio de Postgraduados in México, were measured. The red and orange cultivars showed outstanding featu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma Chapingo |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UACHP |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:577074023010 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=577074023010 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5770/577074023010/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5770/577074023010/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5770/577074023010/577074023010.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5770/577074023010/movil https://doi.org/10.24154/JHS.2021.v16i01.010 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Agrociencias indica Betalains Flavonoids Opuntia ficus Phenolic compounds and Prickly pear |
| Sumario: | Postharvest quality, quantification of betalains, phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of peel, pulp and juice of fruits of three prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Mill.) cultivars of Colegio de Postgraduados in México, were measured. The red and orange cultivars showed outstanding features of postharvest quality (size, texture, TSS and pulp and juice content), highest content of betalains and phenolic compounds. Therefore, highest antioxidant activity. In general, highest content of bioactive compounds was detected in peel, besides the content in pulp and juice did not show statistically significant differences. Phenolic content is very high in comparison with other fruits. Antioxidant activity was measured by three assays: FRAP, ABTS and DPPH. Three cultivars showed high correlation between antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds. The methodologies used in this work are a very useful tool for the quantification of bioactive compounds in O. ficus-indica fruit tissues. |
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