Bromatological Analysis, Chemical Composition and Bioassays from the Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae)

Abstract

Genipa americana L. well known as genipap, is a tree that is widely distributed throughout the Brazilian territory. The communities appreciate the genipap fruits, since they are used as food; in addition to that, their fruits have numerous seeds that can be used in the production of vegetable oil. This being, in this work inclined to a bromatological study of the genipap fruits and chemical composition and bioassays from vegetable oil seeds. Obtaining the highest percentage of lipids in the seeds that was of 7.08%, the highest percentage of humidity obtained was 74.66% present in the pulp, the highest amount of carbohydrates was found in the seeds, with a percentage of 79.37%, the highest percentage of ash present was 3.99% found in the pulp, another parameter analyzed were the proteins mostly present in the seeds with a percentage of 4.45% and finally the energy value was calculated, being the majority in the seeds with 398.98 Kcal/100 g. The fatty acid profile showed the highest percentage for the Linoleic Acid with 61.5%. The greatest inhibition in the antimicrobial assays was for S. typhimurium with 42.12% inhibition. In the tests performed for the inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase was 14.95%.

New sources of genipin-rich substances for crosslinking future manufactured bio-based materials

“…63 Ávila et al carried out the fatty acid prole of the G. Americana seed oil and reported that linoleic acid was the main acidic component in the biomass, with a percentage of 61.5%. 64 The results in this study indicate that the extracted and dried genipap oil contains 55.4 ± 2.4 wt% genipin. Moreover, 1 H-NMR analysis allowed us to accurately estimate the amount of genipin contained in the genipap oil (Fig.…”

“…63 Ávila et al carried out the fatty acid profile of the G. Americana seed oil and reported that linoleic acid was the main acidic component in the biomass, with a percentage of 61.5%. 64…”

Bromatological and Mineralogical Studies in Fruit Pulps Cultivated in the Northern Amazon

“…Then, the collected fruits were taken to the Laboratory of the Agronomic Research Center, at the Agricultural Sciences Center, Cauamé campus, Federal University of Roraima, fruits with good appearance were selected, washed previously with distilled water and then with hypochlorite solution of sodium chloride and finally with distilled water again according to the procedure described [7]. Table 1 -Names and families of fruits cultivated in the Northern Amazon studied in this work.…”

Bromatological and Mineralogical Studies in Fruit Pulps Cultivated in the Northern Amazon

“…Then, the collected fruits were taken to the Laboratory of the Agronomic Research Center, at the Agricultural Sciences Center, Cauamé campus, Federal University of Roraima, fruits with good appearance were selected, washed previously with distilled water and then with hypochlorite solution of sodium chloride and finally with distilled water again according to the procedure described [7]. The fruits were pulped, weighed and frozen in an ultra-freezer at -80 o C for further lyophilization in Liotop L101 lyophilizer for 48 hours, until complete drying.…”