Carotenoids in Passion Fruit Juice

Carotenoids from Yellow Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis)

“…Of the 13 carotenoids identified in the present study, phytoene, prolycopene, mutatochrome, β-citraurin, antheraxanthin, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin are being reported for the first time as passion fruit carotenoids. R-Carotene, reported by Pruth and Lal (1958) and Cecchi and Rodriguez-Amaya (1981), and γ-carotene detected by the latter authors were not found in the present study. Likewise, we did not detect β-apo-12′carotenal, β-apo-8′-carotenal, mutatoxanthin, and auroxanthin which were reported by Leuenberger and Thommen (1972); auroxanthin together with aurochrome and cryptochrome were also found by Cecchi and Rodriguez-Amaya.…”

“…The first investigation on passion fruit carotenoids was carried out by Pruth and Lal in 1958. Phytofluene, ζ-carotene, β-carotene, R-carotene and three unidentified pigments with absorption maxima at 400 and 425 nm were found in purple passion fruit.…”

Composição de carotenóides de maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis flavicarpa) in natura

“…Por outro lado, este fato não foi anteriormente observado em outros trabalhos com maracujá in natura da variedade púrpura [8,13] e suco processado [4]. Entretanto, nestes estudos utilizou-se um número menor de amostras.…”

Carotenoid vitamin A precursors and analogs in foods and feeds

“…Italian prunes (44) contain a,3,("-carotene, cryptoxanthin, and a variety of other oxycarotenoids. The carotenoids of other fruits have also been studied, namely, apples (76), grapes (42), pears (76), figs (42), passion fruit (178), lemons (46,223), persimmons (48), pineapples (159), papaya (85,118), cherries (76), cranberries (42), cloudberries (84,85), elderberries (84), strawberries (76), blueberries (42), and blackberries (42). Curl, as previously noted, pioneered the use of countercurrent distribution plus column chromatography to separate the complex carotenoid mixtures of fruits.…”