Cargando…

Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp

Avocados (Persea americana) are a unique fruit that can provide health benefits when included in a healthy diet. As health care moves towards precision health and targeted therapies or preventative medicine, it is critical to understand foods and their dietary components. The nutritional composition...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ford, Nikki A., Spagnuolo, Paul, Kraft, Jana, Bauer, Ella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10340145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37444254
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132516
_version_ 1785072008586854400
author Ford, Nikki A.
Spagnuolo, Paul
Kraft, Jana
Bauer, Ella
author_facet Ford, Nikki A.
Spagnuolo, Paul
Kraft, Jana
Bauer, Ella
author_sort Ford, Nikki A.
collection PubMed
description Avocados (Persea americana) are a unique fruit that can provide health benefits when included in a healthy diet. As health care moves towards precision health and targeted therapies or preventative medicine, it is critical to understand foods and their dietary components. The nutritional composition and plant physiology of the Hass avocado is strikingly different from other fruits. This paper reviews the nutrient and bioactive composition of the edible portion of the Hass avocado (pulp) reported in the literature and from commercial lab analyses of the current market supply of fresh Hass avocados. These results provide comprehensive data on what nutrients and bioactives are in avocado and the quantity of these nutrients. We discuss the reasons for nutrient composition variations and review some potential health benefits of bioactive compounds found in Hass avocados.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10340145
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103401452023-07-14 Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp Ford, Nikki A. Spagnuolo, Paul Kraft, Jana Bauer, Ella Foods Review Avocados (Persea americana) are a unique fruit that can provide health benefits when included in a healthy diet. As health care moves towards precision health and targeted therapies or preventative medicine, it is critical to understand foods and their dietary components. The nutritional composition and plant physiology of the Hass avocado is strikingly different from other fruits. This paper reviews the nutrient and bioactive composition of the edible portion of the Hass avocado (pulp) reported in the literature and from commercial lab analyses of the current market supply of fresh Hass avocados. These results provide comprehensive data on what nutrients and bioactives are in avocado and the quantity of these nutrients. We discuss the reasons for nutrient composition variations and review some potential health benefits of bioactive compounds found in Hass avocados. MDPI 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10340145/ /pubmed/37444254 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132516 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/).
spellingShingle Review
Ford, Nikki A.
Spagnuolo, Paul
Kraft, Jana
Bauer, Ella
Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title_full Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title_fullStr Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title_short Nutritional Composition of Hass Avocado Pulp
title_sort nutritional composition of hass avocado pulp
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10340145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37444254
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132516
work_keys_str_mv AT fordnikkia nutritionalcompositionofhassavocadopulp
AT spagnuolopaul nutritionalcompositionofhassavocadopulp
AT kraftjana nutritionalcompositionofhassavocadopulp
AT bauerella nutritionalcompositionofhassavocadopulp