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Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods

The acid fruit of the "xoconostle" cactus belongs to the genus Opuntia family of cacti. It is used as a functional food for its bioactive compounds. Several studies reported that xoconostle fruits have a high amount of ascorbic acid, betalains, phenols, tannins, and flavonoids. These compo...

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Autores principales: Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián, Medina-Pérez, Gabriela, Pérez-Soto, Elizabeth, Espino-Manzano, Salvador, Peralta-Adauto, Laura, Pérez-Ríos, Sergio, Campos-Montiel, Rafael
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8587638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216429
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author Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián
Medina-Pérez, Gabriela
Pérez-Soto, Elizabeth
Espino-Manzano, Salvador
Peralta-Adauto, Laura
Pérez-Ríos, Sergio
Campos-Montiel, Rafael
author_facet Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián
Medina-Pérez, Gabriela
Pérez-Soto, Elizabeth
Espino-Manzano, Salvador
Peralta-Adauto, Laura
Pérez-Ríos, Sergio
Campos-Montiel, Rafael
author_sort Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián
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description The acid fruit of the "xoconostle" cactus belongs to the genus Opuntia family of cacti. It is used as a functional food for its bioactive compounds. Several studies reported that xoconostle fruits have a high amount of ascorbic acid, betalains, phenols, tannins, and flavonoids. These compounds confer antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective gastroprotective activity. Xoconostle fruit extracts were tested by in vitro assays where the digestion conditions were simulated to measure their stability. At the same time, the extracts were protected by encapsulation (microencapsulation, multiple emulsions, and nanoemulsions). Applications of encapsulated extracts were probed in various food matrices (edible films, meat products, dairy, and fruit coatings). The xoconostle is a natural source of nutraceutical compounds, and the use of this fruit in the new food could help improve consumers’ health.
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spelling pubmed-85876382021-11-13 Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián Medina-Pérez, Gabriela Pérez-Soto, Elizabeth Espino-Manzano, Salvador Peralta-Adauto, Laura Pérez-Ríos, Sergio Campos-Montiel, Rafael Molecules Review The acid fruit of the "xoconostle" cactus belongs to the genus Opuntia family of cacti. It is used as a functional food for its bioactive compounds. Several studies reported that xoconostle fruits have a high amount of ascorbic acid, betalains, phenols, tannins, and flavonoids. These compounds confer antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective gastroprotective activity. Xoconostle fruit extracts were tested by in vitro assays where the digestion conditions were simulated to measure their stability. At the same time, the extracts were protected by encapsulation (microencapsulation, multiple emulsions, and nanoemulsions). Applications of encapsulated extracts were probed in various food matrices (edible films, meat products, dairy, and fruit coatings). The xoconostle is a natural source of nutraceutical compounds, and the use of this fruit in the new food could help improve consumers’ health. MDPI 2021-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8587638/ /pubmed/34770840 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216429 Text en © 2021 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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Fernández-Luqueño, Fabián
Medina-Pérez, Gabriela
Pérez-Soto, Elizabeth
Espino-Manzano, Salvador
Peralta-Adauto, Laura
Pérez-Ríos, Sergio
Campos-Montiel, Rafael
Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title_full Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title_fullStr Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title_full_unstemmed Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title_short Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia spp. Acid Fruits: Micro and Nano-Emulsified Extracts and Applications in Nutraceutical Foods
title_sort bioactive compounds of opuntia spp. acid fruits: micro and nano-emulsified extracts and applications in nutraceutical foods
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8587638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770840
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216429
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