Chemical composition of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) selections of Western Ghats of India

Jagadeesh, S. L.; Reddy, B. S.; Swamy, G. S. K.; Gorbal, Kirankumar; Hegde, Laxminarayan; Raghavan, G.S.V.

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.05.027

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“…In general, considering the average contents of carotenoids in different batches (Table 2), the β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin and total carotenoids contents found in this work were considerably lower than those reported by Setiawan et al [13], Chandrika et al [14] and Jagadeesh et al [3]. However, the results from batches B and C were Carotenoids Batch A Batch B Batch C Average Average and standard deviation of duplicated analysis.…”

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Carotenoid Composition of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Determined by HPLC-PDA-MS/MS

Faria

Rosso

Mercadante

2009

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

103

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Carotenoids are pigments responsible for the yellow-reddish color of many foods and are related to important functions and physiological actions, preventing several chronic-degenerative diseases. The objective of this study was to confirm the carotenoid composition of jackfruit by high-performance liquid chromatography connected to photodiode array and mass spectrometry detectors (HPLC-PDA-MS/MS). The main carotenoids were all-trans-lutein (24-44%), all-trans-beta-carotene (24-30%), all-trans-neoxanthin (4-19%), 9-cis-neoxanthin (4-9%) and 9-cis-violaxanthin (4-10%). Either qualitative or quantitative differences, mainly related to the lutein proportion, were found among three batches of jackfruit. Since the fruits from batch A showed significantly lower contents for almost all carotenoids, it also had the lowest total carotenoid content (34.1 microg/100 g) and provitamin A value, whereas the total carotenoid ranged from 129.0 to 150.3 microg/100 g in the other batches. The provitamin A values from batches B and C were 3.3 and 4.3 microg RAE/100 g, respectively. The carotenoid composition of jackfruit was successfully determined, where 14 of the 18 identified carotenoids were reported for first time. Differences among batches may be due to genetic and/or agricultural factors.

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“…The fruits are big, 22 to 90 cm long with diameter reaching 13 to 50 cm, and their weight ranges between 3 and 60 kg, when ripe. The pulp represents about 30% of the jackfruit weight and, due to the carotenoids presence, shows cream color, while the external fruit color varies from soft green to yellow [1][2][3].…”

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Carotenoid Composition of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Determined by HPLC-PDA-MS/MS

Faria

Rosso

Mercadante

2009

Plant Foods Hum Nutr

103

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“…On the other hand, the total carotenoids in jackfruit (Table 1) was lower than those found in fruits harvested in India, 20 but higher as compared to those collected in Brazil. 21 The comparison with literature data makes clear that the edaphic-climatic conditions of the raw material (place of harvest, soil and climate) are a source of considerable variability for micronutrient composition.…”

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“…10 De Rosso & Mercadante, 12 Godoy & Rodriguez-Amaya, 14 Gil et al, 15 Chun et al, 17 Luximon-Ramma et al, 18 Faria et al, 19 Jagadeesh et al, 20 Faria et al 21 …”

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Bioactive compounds from several tropical fruits and correlation by multivariate analysis to free radical scavenger activity

Barreto¹,

Benassi²,

Mercadante³

2009

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

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O alto consumo de frutas tem sido associado à baixa incidência de doenças crônico-degenerativas, provavelmente devido à presença de compostos bioativos, como os antioxidantes, nestes alimentos. Os teores de compostos bioativos -ácido ascórbico, fenólicos totais, flavonóides e carotenóides totais -foram determinados em polpas obtidas a partir de 18 frutas tropicais adquiridas no Brasil. A atividade anti-radical livre foi avaliada pelo método ABTS. As frutas que apresentaram maior teor de compostos bioativos foram buriti, cajá-manga, canistel, murici, physalis, piquia e tucumã. Considerando a composição dos compostos bioativos analisados e as atividades anti-radical livre, as frutas foram divididas em 5 grupos, segundo Análise Hierárquica de Agrupamentos. Aplicando a Análise de Componentes Principais, a atividade anti-radical livre mostrou alta correlação com compostos fenólicos totais (r = 0,99) e flavonóides (r = 0,86); porém, a correlação encontrada foi muito pequena para ácido ascórbico (r = 0,02) e carotenóides totais (r = 0,08).High ingestion of fruits has been associated with low incidence of chronic-degenerative diseases, probably due to the presence of bioactive compounds in these foods, such as antioxidants. The levels of bioactive compounds -ascorbic acid, total phenolics, flavonoids and carotenoids -were determined in 18 pulps obtained from tropical fruits acquired in Brazil. The free radical scavenger activity was evaluated by the ABTS assay. The fruits that showed higher levels of bioactive compounds were buriti, otaheite apple, egg-fruit, golden spoon, physalis, piquia and star nut palm. Considering the composition of bioactive compounds and free radical scavenger capacities the fruits were divided into five groups, according to Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. Applying Principal Component Analysis, free radical scavenger showed high correlation with total phenolic compounds (r = 0.99) and flavonoids (r = 0.86); however, the correlation was found to be very poor with ascorbic acid (r = 0.02) and with total carotenoids levels (r = 0.08).Keywords: ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenolic compounds, radical scavenger activity, Principal Component Analysis IntroductionBrazil stands out as the third largest world producer of fresh fruits due to a favorable climate and vast territorial land. Fruit growing agribusiness is a rapidly growing activity, present in all Brazilian states, accounting for 25% of the value of domestic agricultural production. In Brazil fruit growing has experienced a remarkable expansion of the harvested area in the latest years, including the native and exotic fruits. The commercialization directed almost exclusively to the internal market, has led to gains in foreign markets, which has been crucial to the improvement of production systems and of the fruit quality.¹ Despite the enormous fruit diversity, Brazil still needs to improve in this area, since the Brazilian participation in world exports of fresh fruit and fruit products amounted only to 5.7% in 2007.²The high ingestion of fruit...

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“…One possible explanation is that since jackfruit mesocarp has a strong and very characteristic odour (Elevitch & Manner, 2006;Jagadeesh et al, 2007) it may attract nocturnal mammals such as rodents and marsupials which have a heightened sense of smell (Barnett, 1975;Atramentowicz, 1982). Our results suggest that seeds without mesocarp should have higher survival rates when compared with seeds still attached to the fruit, which would be more easily detected by predators.…”

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Smile, you are on camera or in a live trap! The role of mammals in dispersion of jackfruit and native seeds in Ilha Grande State Park, Brazil

Raíces¹,

Ferreira²,

Mello³

et al. 2017

Nat. Cons. Res.

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The alien species Artocarpus heterophyllus, originally from India, was introduced to Brazil in the colonial period and has become invasive in some areas in the Atlantic Forest. Its fruits can weigh 35 kg and produce up to 500 seeds each. In their native range they are dispersed by turtles, rodents, monkeys, wild pigs and elephants. This study aimed to investigate the influence of mammals in jackfruit predation and seed dispersal, as well as the influence of jackfruit in native plant species dispersal by mammals, in the Ilha Grande State Park, Southeastern Brazil. Seeds with and without mesocarp were tied to thread spools and checked for predation and dispersion on 37 sites. We recorded mesocarp or jackfruit seed feeding on video. Six species of mammals were recorded feeding on jackfruit, but Trinomys dimidiatus, Didelphis aurita and Cuniculus paca accounted for 92% of all records. Cuniculus paca and Trinomys dimidiatus preyed and dispersed seeds while Didelphis aurita consumed mesocarp only. Seeds with mesocarp were more preyed on than seeds without mesocarp and its consumption was lower during more intense fruit production. Hence, jackfruit production can exceed the capacity of mammals to consume its seeds in areas where jackfruit density is high. Faeces of small mammals were collected in areas with (10 grids) and without jackfruits (8 grids) and analysed for the presence of native seeds. Twelve small mammal species were captured in areas with and without jackfruits, but faeces of 11 species were collected. Didelphis aurita dispersed proportionally more native seeds in area without jackfruits. Our results showed that mammals are playing a negative role helping to disperse jackfruit trees, and this is occurring in different ways depending on mammal species.

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Chemical composition of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) selections of Western Ghats of India

Cited by 66 publications

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Carotenoid Composition of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Determined by HPLC-PDA-MS/MS

Carotenoid Composition of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Determined by HPLC-PDA-MS/MS

Bioactive compounds from several tropical fruits and correlation by multivariate analysis to free radical scavenger activity

Smile, you are on camera or in a live trap! The role of mammals in dispersion of jackfruit and native seeds in Ilha Grande State Park, Brazil

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