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Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador

Tropical fruits are in high demand for their flavor and for their functional composition because these compounds are considered nutraceuticals. Passion fruit production is of economic importance to Ecuador; however, several Passiflora species are grown and each has to be analyzed to identify their p...

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Autores principales: Viera, William, Shinohara, Takashi, Samaniego, Iván, Sanada, Atsushi, Terada, Naoki, Ron, Lenin, Suárez-Tapia, Alfonso, Koshio, Kaihei
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8838848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35161309
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11030328
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author Viera, William
Shinohara, Takashi
Samaniego, Iván
Sanada, Atsushi
Terada, Naoki
Ron, Lenin
Suárez-Tapia, Alfonso
Koshio, Kaihei
author_facet Viera, William
Shinohara, Takashi
Samaniego, Iván
Sanada, Atsushi
Terada, Naoki
Ron, Lenin
Suárez-Tapia, Alfonso
Koshio, Kaihei
author_sort Viera, William
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description Tropical fruits are in high demand for their flavor and for their functional composition because these compounds are considered nutraceuticals. Passion fruit production is of economic importance to Ecuador; however, several Passiflora species are grown and each has to be analyzed to identify their phytochemical composition. In this study, the polyphenol, flavonoid, carotenoid, vitamin C, sugar and organic acid contents were determined. Six different Passiflora spp. germplasms were analyzed, coming from Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa, Passiflora alata, Passiflora edulis f. edulis and unidentified Passiflora species (local germplasm). Measurement techniques included reflectometry for vitamin C, spectrophotometry for antioxidant compounds and HPLC for sugars and organic acids. Data were analyzed by principal component analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Results showed that INIAP 2009 and P10 showed a high amount of polyphenols, antioxidant activity and citric content. Sweet passion fruit had the lowest vitamin C content while Gulupa showed the highest content. In terms of the local germplasm, POR1 showed the lowest content of flavonoids while PICH1 had high flavonoid and carotenoid content. Polyphenols were the main compounds that influenced antioxidant activity. This phytochemical information adds value to passion fruit as a nutraceutical source.
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spelling pubmed-88388482022-02-13 Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador Viera, William Shinohara, Takashi Samaniego, Iván Sanada, Atsushi Terada, Naoki Ron, Lenin Suárez-Tapia, Alfonso Koshio, Kaihei Plants (Basel) Article Tropical fruits are in high demand for their flavor and for their functional composition because these compounds are considered nutraceuticals. Passion fruit production is of economic importance to Ecuador; however, several Passiflora species are grown and each has to be analyzed to identify their phytochemical composition. In this study, the polyphenol, flavonoid, carotenoid, vitamin C, sugar and organic acid contents were determined. Six different Passiflora spp. germplasms were analyzed, coming from Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa, Passiflora alata, Passiflora edulis f. edulis and unidentified Passiflora species (local germplasm). Measurement techniques included reflectometry for vitamin C, spectrophotometry for antioxidant compounds and HPLC for sugars and organic acids. Data were analyzed by principal component analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Results showed that INIAP 2009 and P10 showed a high amount of polyphenols, antioxidant activity and citric content. Sweet passion fruit had the lowest vitamin C content while Gulupa showed the highest content. In terms of the local germplasm, POR1 showed the lowest content of flavonoids while PICH1 had high flavonoid and carotenoid content. Polyphenols were the main compounds that influenced antioxidant activity. This phytochemical information adds value to passion fruit as a nutraceutical source. MDPI 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8838848/ /pubmed/35161309 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11030328 Text en © 2022 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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Viera, William
Shinohara, Takashi
Samaniego, Iván
Sanada, Atsushi
Terada, Naoki
Ron, Lenin
Suárez-Tapia, Alfonso
Koshio, Kaihei
Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title_full Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title_fullStr Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title_short Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador
title_sort phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity of passiflora spp. germplasm grown in ecuador
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8838848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35161309
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11030328
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