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Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador

Avocado demand has increased in recent years due to the nutraceutical properties that this fruit has and its positive impacts on human health; however, avocado production also requires sustainable alternatives to improve its cultivation. The objective of this study was to carry out characterization...

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Autores principales: Viera, William, Gaona, Pablo, Samaniego, Iván, Sotomayor, Andrea, Viteri, Pablo, Noboa, Michelle, Merino, Jorge, Mejía, Paúl, Park, Chang Hwan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10180668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37176848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12091791
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author Viera, William
Gaona, Pablo
Samaniego, Iván
Sotomayor, Andrea
Viteri, Pablo
Noboa, Michelle
Merino, Jorge
Mejía, Paúl
Park, Chang Hwan
author_facet Viera, William
Gaona, Pablo
Samaniego, Iván
Sotomayor, Andrea
Viteri, Pablo
Noboa, Michelle
Merino, Jorge
Mejía, Paúl
Park, Chang Hwan
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description Avocado demand has increased in recent years due to the nutraceutical properties that this fruit has and its positive impacts on human health; however, avocado production also requires sustainable alternatives to improve its cultivation. The objective of this study was to carry out characterization of the mineral content and phytochemical compounds in avocado fruit of the Hass variety grown using sustainable agricultural practices in Ecuador. Our results show an increase in fruit quality traits, such as firmness, and in the content of soluble solids, protein, fiber, fat, carotenoids, Ca, Mg, Zn and stearic acid in the pulp of the avocado Hass variety, as well as an initial trend of yield increase with the application of sustainable practices. Moreover, antioxidant activity was associated with polyphenol content. There were positive correlations of Mg with K and Ca, and of flavonoids with linolelaidic, linoleic and linolenic acids. Overall, our results indicate that avocado can be used as a functional and nutritional food due to its phytochemical composition and the mineral content of its pulp, which contributes to the promotion of its consumption and encourages healthy eating. In addition, the use of sustainable practices, such as fertigation and the application of microorganisms, is also promoted for growing avocado.
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spelling pubmed-101806682023-05-13 Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador Viera, William Gaona, Pablo Samaniego, Iván Sotomayor, Andrea Viteri, Pablo Noboa, Michelle Merino, Jorge Mejía, Paúl Park, Chang Hwan Plants (Basel) Article Avocado demand has increased in recent years due to the nutraceutical properties that this fruit has and its positive impacts on human health; however, avocado production also requires sustainable alternatives to improve its cultivation. The objective of this study was to carry out characterization of the mineral content and phytochemical compounds in avocado fruit of the Hass variety grown using sustainable agricultural practices in Ecuador. Our results show an increase in fruit quality traits, such as firmness, and in the content of soluble solids, protein, fiber, fat, carotenoids, Ca, Mg, Zn and stearic acid in the pulp of the avocado Hass variety, as well as an initial trend of yield increase with the application of sustainable practices. Moreover, antioxidant activity was associated with polyphenol content. There were positive correlations of Mg with K and Ca, and of flavonoids with linolelaidic, linoleic and linolenic acids. Overall, our results indicate that avocado can be used as a functional and nutritional food due to its phytochemical composition and the mineral content of its pulp, which contributes to the promotion of its consumption and encourages healthy eating. In addition, the use of sustainable practices, such as fertigation and the application of microorganisms, is also promoted for growing avocado. MDPI 2023-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10180668/ /pubmed/37176848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12091791 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Noboa, Michelle
Merino, Jorge
Mejía, Paúl
Park, Chang Hwan
Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title_full Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title_fullStr Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title_short Mineral Content and Phytochemical Composition of Avocado var. Hass Grown Using Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Ecuador
title_sort mineral content and phytochemical composition of avocado var. hass grown using sustainable agriculture practices in ecuador
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10180668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37176848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12091791
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