Application of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for predicting carotenoid content in summer squash fruit

Martínez-Valdivieso, Damián; Font, Rafael; Blanco-Díaz, María Teresa; Moreno-Rojas, José Manuel; Gómez, Pedro Sánchez; Alonso-Moraga, Ángeles; Río-Celestino, Mercedes Del

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2014.07.003

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“…The antioxidant contents exhibited by the samples were included in the variation interval found in the literature for C. pepo. Lutein and β-carotene contents in epicarp and mesocarp fall within the range reported in previous studies [9], but our lutein mesocarp content in "Yellow" Zucchini (362.7 mg /kg dry weight) was higher than reported in mesocarp by Tadmor et al [42] (143.2 mg/kg dry weight, assuming 92% of moisture); El-Qudah [43] analyzed the lutein, β-carotene and zeaxanthin contents in Zucchini fruit and their results were lower than ours for the three carotenoids (23.4, 1.46 and 0.41 mg/kg dry weight, respectively). In relation to Vitamin C, in our study the loss of ascorbic acid was offset by the simultaneous increase of dehydroascorbic acid (a biologically active vitamin).…”

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“…Individual carotenoid concentration was determined by reverse phase HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) after saponification following the methods described by Martínez-Valdivieso et al [9]. The carotenoids were extracted from the rehydrated sample with 5 mL ethanol containing 1 mg/mL butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) using a Polytron homogenizer.…”

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“…pepo) is a seasonal vegetable that contains a number of beneficial micronutrients such as minerals, carotenoids, vitamin C, phenolic compounds, etc. [6][7][8][9]. It has been used in traditional folk medicine to treat colds and alleviate aches, due to its antioxidant/anti-radical, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antimicrobial and analgesic activities [10][11][12][13][14].…”

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Role of Zucchini and Its Distinctive Components in the Modulation of Degenerative Processes: Genotoxicity, Antigenotoxicity, Cytotoxicity and Apoptotic Effects

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Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo) is a seasonal vegetable with high nutritional and medical value. Many useful properties of this fruit are attributed to its bioactive compounds. Zucchini fruits ("Yellow" and "Light Green" varieties) and four distinctive components (lutein, β-carotene, zeaxanthin and dehydroascorbic acid)were selected. Firstly it was determinated the lutein, β-carotene, zeaxanthin and dehydroascorbic acid content in these fruits and then, in order to measure the safety and suitability of their use different assays were carried out: (i) Genotoxicity and antigenotoxicity tests to determine the safety and DNA-protection against hydrogen peroxide; (ii) cytotoxicity and (iii) DNA fragmentation assay to evaluate the proapoptotic effect. Results showed that: (i) all the substances were non-genotoxic, (ii) all the substances were antigenotoxic except the highest concentration of lutein, (iii) "Yellow" Zucchini epicarp and mesocarp exhibited the highest cytotoxic activity (IC50 > 0.1 mg/mL and 0.2 mg/mL, respectively) and iv) "Light Green" Zucchini skin and pulp induced internucleosomal DNA fragmentation . To sump up, Zucchini fruit could play a positive role in human health and nutrition due to this fruit and its components were safe, able to inhibit significantly the H2O2-induced damage and exhibit antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties toward HL60 tumour cells. The information generated from this research should take into account to select potential accessions for breeding programs purposes.

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Role of Zucchini and Its Distinctive Components in the Modulation of Degenerative Processes: Genotoxicity, Antigenotoxicity, Cytotoxicity and Apoptotic Effects

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“…Lately, there is a considerable interest in determining the variation that may exist in the content of antioxidant compounds and other nutritional properties of fruit from different genotypes within C. pepo species (Blanco-Díaz, Del Río-Celestino, Martínez-Valdivieso, & Font, 2014;Martínez-Valdivieso et al, 2014a;Martínez-Valdivieso, Font, G omez, Blanco-Díaz, & Del Río-Celestino, 2014b). This would provide a way of allowing breeders to select and breed accessions with higher levels of nutritional compounds and also increasing the health of consumers.…”

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Physical and chemical characterization in fruit from 22 summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) cultivars

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“…The absorption spectrum of the sample was obtained using the log (1/R) relation, in which R is a reflection spectrum. As shown in Figure 4 with the box, there is a peak between 680 and 700 nm, which is related to the absorption of chlorophyll [42,43].…”

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Nondestructive Estimation of the Chlorophyll b of Apple Fruit by Color and Spectral Features Using Different Methods of Hybrid Artificial Neural Network

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Nondestructive estimation of the various physicochemical features of food such as fruits and vegetables will create a dramatic development in the food industry. The reason for this development is that the estimation is non-destructive, online, and most importantly fast. Regarding the advantages, various researchers have focused on how to undertake non-destructive estimation of the physicochemical features of various nutrients. Three main goals were pursued in this article. These are: 1. Nondestructive estimation of the chlorophyll b content of red delicious apple using color features and hybrid artificial neural network-cultural algorithm (ANN-CA), 2. Nondestructive estimation of chlorophyll b content of red delicious apple using spectral data (around a range of 680 nm) and hybrid Artificial Neural Network-biogeography-based algorithm (ANN-BBO), 3. Nondestructive estimation of the chlorophyll b content of red delicious apple using different groups of selective spectra by the hybrid artificial neural network-differential evolution algorithm (ANN-DA). In each of these methods, 1000 replications were performed to evaluate the reliability of various hybrids of the artificial neural network. Finally, the results indicated that the average determination coefficient in 1000 replications for the hybrid artificial neural network, the cultural algorithm, and the hybrid artificial neural network, the biogeography-based optimization algorithm, was 0.882 and 0.932, respectively. Also, the results showed that the highest value of the coefficient of determination among the different groups of effective features is related to the group of features with 10 spectra. The coefficient of determination in this case was 0.93.

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Application of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for predicting carotenoid content in summer squash fruit

Cited by 45 publications

References 50 publications

Role of Zucchini and Its Distinctive Components in the Modulation of Degenerative Processes: Genotoxicity, Antigenotoxicity, Cytotoxicity and Apoptotic Effects

Role of Zucchini and Its Distinctive Components in the Modulation of Degenerative Processes: Genotoxicity, Antigenotoxicity, Cytotoxicity and Apoptotic Effects

Physical and chemical characterization in fruit from 22 summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) cultivars

Nondestructive Estimation of the Chlorophyll b of Apple Fruit by Color and Spectral Features Using Different Methods of Hybrid Artificial Neural Network

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