R E S U M OA higroscopicidade de um alimento desidratado está ligada à sua estabilidade física, química e microbiológica. Este trabalho teve como objetivos a caracterização físico-química e o comportamento higroscópico dos pós da polpa de cajá liofilizada contendo maltodextrina (DE20). Foram feitas as análises de umidade, pH, sólidos solúveis, acidez total titulável, ácido ascórbico, açúcares, cor, higroscopicidade e o grau de caking. Para obtenção das isotermas os modelos de BET, GAB, Henderson e Oswin na temperatura de 25 ºC foram ajustados e avaliados. A adição de maltodextrina à polpa de cajá resultou em um pó com menor higroscopicidade e grau de caking. Além disto, os resultados demonstraram que a adição da maltodextrina confere um pó estatisticamente diferente (p < 0,05) do pó sem adição de maltodextrina com relação ao teor de umidade, sólidos solúveis, acidez total titulável, ácido ascórbico, açúcares e cor. As isotermas dos pós apresentaram comportamento do tipo III, característico de materiais ricos em carboidratos. Os resultados mostraram que os melhores ajustes para as isotermas foram os modelos de BET e Henderson para o pó da polpa de cajá integral e o pó adicionado de maltodextrina, respectivamente. Characterization and hygroscopic behavior of lyophilized yellow mombin in pulp powder A B S T R A C TThe hygroscopicity of the dehydrated food is related to its physical, chemical and microbiological stability. This study aimed to characterize the physico-chemical and hygroscopic behavior of freeze dried yellow mombin pulp powder with maltodextrin (DE20). Analysis of moisture, pH, soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, sugars, color, hygroscopicity and caking degree were performed. To obtain the isotherm, BET, GAB, Henderson and Oswin models were fitted and evaluated at 25 °C. The addition of maltodextrin to yellow mombin pulp resulted in a powder with a lower hygroscopicity and degree of caking. In addition, the results showed that the addition of maltodextrin provides a powder statistically different (p < 0.05) than the powder without maltodextrin with respect to moisture content, soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, sugars and color. The isotherms of the powders were classified as type III, characteristic of materials rich in carbohydrates. The results showed that the best fit of the isotherms were BET and Henderson models for the yellow mombin pulp powder and the yellow mombin pulp powder with maltodextrin, respectively. Palavras-chave:alimentos em pó isotermas desidratação Spondias mombin L. Key words:food powder isotherms dehydration Spondias mombin L. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental IntroduçãoO cajá (Spondias mombin L.) é um fruto bastante apreciado em diversas regiões do País devido ao seu aroma e seu sabor agradável e exótico, aliados às boas características para a industrialização. No Brasil, a cajazeira é encontrada principalmente nos Estados do Norte e Nordeste cujos frutos recebem diferentes denominações, tais como, cajá, cajá verdadeiro, cajá...

The shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora.