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Antioxidant content in guava (Psidium guajava) and araçá (Psidium spp.) germplasm from different Brazilian regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2011

Luiz Claudio Corrêa ,
Carlos Antonio F. Santos ,
Fabio Vianello  and
Giuseppina Pace P. Lima
Luiz Claudio Corrêa
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), CP 510, CEP 18618-000Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Antonio F. Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Genética Vegetal, Embrapa Semi-Árido, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Fabio Vianello
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Giuseppina Pace P. Lima*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), CP 510, CEP 18618-000Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: gpplima@ibb.unesp.br
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Abstract

Guava (Psidium guajava) and araçá (Psidium spp.) plants are important for the Brazilian economy, as their fruit is both accepted by the consumers, and makes a beneficial contribution to the human diet thanks to their content in vitamin C, carotenoids and phenolic compounds. Here, we report the content in the fruit of free ascorbic acid, lycopene, β-carotene, flavonoids and phenolic compounds, and the total antioxidant activity present in a collection of guava and araçá accessions curated at the Embrapa Semiarido germplasm bank. Guava fruits with a red-coloured pulp flesh contained a significant amount of carotenoids, especially lycopene, and a high concentration of phenolic compounds. These compounds were largely responsible for the antioxidant activity of the araçá accessions. Among the guava accessions, phenolic compounds were also responsible for the antioxidant activity. High levels of free ascorbic acid were present in most accessions. In both guava and araçá, there is substantial potential to develop cultivars with a good level of consumer acceptability.

Keywords

antioxidantsgermplasm bankplant breedingPsidium spp.
Type
Research Article
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 384 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2011

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