Jussaí (Euterpe edulis): a review

CARVALHO, Lucia Maria Jaeger de; ESMERINO, Alison Almeida; CARVALHO, José Luiz Viana de

doi:10.1590/fst.08422

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 45 publications

(67 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…(Açaí) is native to South American countries, especially in the Amazon area comprising Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname and Guyana. Two regions of Brazil are important producers of açaí, namely the North (Amapá, Pará, Tocantins) and the Northeast (Maranhão) [1,2]. The species is a palm, and its fruits are spherical, globose drupe, organised in clusters comprising hundreds of individual units.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seed Oil and Its Nanoemulsion: Chemical Characterisation, Toxicity Evaluation, Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities

Borges,

Wolff,

da Silva

et al. 2024

CIMB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study explores a nanoemulsion formulated with açaí seed oil, known for its rich fatty acid composition and diverse biological activities. This study aimed to characterise a nanoemulsion formulated with açaí seed oil and explore its cytotoxic effects on HeLa and SiHa cervical cancer cell lines, alongside assessing its antioxidant and toxicity properties both in vitro and in vivo. Extracted from fruits sourced in Brazil, the oil underwent thorough chemical characterization using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The resulting nanoemulsion was prepared and evaluated for stability, particle size, and antioxidant properties. The nanoemulsion exhibited translucency, fluidity, and stability post centrifugation and temperature tests, with a droplet size of 238.37, PDI -9.59, pH 7, and turbidity 0.267. In vitro assessments on cervical cancer cell lines revealed antitumour effects, including inhibition of cell proliferation, migration, and colony formation. Toxicity tests conducted in cell cultures and female Swiss mice demonstrated no adverse effects of both açaí seed oil and nanoemulsion. Overall, açaí seed oil, particularly when formulated into a nanoemulsion, presents potential for cancer treatment due to its bioactive properties and safety profile.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seed Oil and Its Nanoemulsion: Chemical Characterisation, Toxicity Evaluation, Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities

Borges,

Wolff,

da Silva

et al. 2024

CIMB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Euterpe edulis, a palm tree native to the Atlantic Forest, is distributed along the entire length of this biome and in the gallery forests of the Brazilian cerrado [1][2][3]. It belongs to the genus Euterpe, which has become popular in recent years through ac ¸aı ´, processed pulp from the fruits of species of this genus [4]. The most exploited species is Euterpe oleracea, ac ¸aı ´, which was recognized as a fruit tree of economic expression in 2008 [5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Juc ¸aizeiro has shown great economic potential for use in the pulp processing industry [10][11][12]. The production of fruits of the species begins approximately six years after planting [4], and subsequently occurs recurrently once a year. Given its productive potential and wild state, there is a demand for superior genetic materials to use the species as a new crop.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Single and multi-trait genomic prediction for agronomic traits in Euterpe edulis

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Popularly known as juçaizeiro, Euterpe edulis has been gaining prominence in the fruit growing sector and has demanded the development of superior genetic materials. Since it is a native species and still little studied, the application of more sophisticated techniques can result in higher gains with less time. Until now, there are no studies that apply genomic prediction for this crop, especially in multi-trait analysis. In this sense, this study aimed to apply new methods and breeding techniques for the juçaizeiro, to optimize this breeding program through the application of genomic prediction. This data consisted of 275 juçaizeiro genotypes from a population of Rio Novo do Sul-ES, Brazil. The genomic prediction was performed using the multi-trait (G-BLUP MT) and single-trait (G-BLUP ST) models and the selection of superior genotypes was based on a selection index. Similar results for predictive ability were observed for both models. However, the G-BLUP ST model provided greater selection gains when compared to the G-BLUP MT. For this reason, the genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) from the G-BLUP ST, were used to select the six superior genotypes (UFES.A.RN.390, UFES.A.RN.386, UFES.A.RN.080, UFES.A.RN.383, UFES.S.RN.098, and UFES.S.RN.093). This was intended to provide superior genetic materials for the development of seedlings and implantation of productive orchards, which will meet the demands of the productive, industrial and consumer market.

show abstract

“…Another important factor highlighting the juçaizeiro in the fruit industry is the potential to sustain the market chain of açai pulp and sorbet 3 . Açaí is a product derived from the processing of fruits from species of the genus Euterpe 4 , and on a production scale, the raw material for this product comes almost exclusively from Euterpe oleracea (açaí palm). Although the processed products from both species are similar, the pulp of the juçaizeiro shows superiority in terms of nutritional, mineralogical, energetic, and flavor aspects 5 , 6 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genomic studies of the additive and dominant genetic control on production traits of Euterpe edulis fruits

Canal

Oliveira

Almeida

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In forest genetic improvement programs for non-domesticated species, limited knowledge of kinship can compromise or make the estimation of variance components and genetic parameters of traits of interest unfeasible. We used mixed models and genomics (in the latter, considering additive and non-additive effects) to evaluate the genetic architecture of 12 traits in juçaizeiro for fruit production. A population of 275 genotypes without genetic relationship knowledge was phenotyped over three years and genotyped by whole genome SNP markers. We have verified superiority in the quality of the fits, the prediction accuracy for unbalanced data, and the possibility of unfolding the genetic effects into their additive and non-additive terms in the genomic models. Estimates of the variance components and genetic parameters obtained by the additive models may be overestimated since, when considering the dominance effect in the model, there are substantial reductions in them. The number of bunches, fresh fruit mass of bunch, rachis length, fresh mass of 25 fruits, and amount of pulp were strongly influenced by the dominance effect, showing that genomic models with such effect should be considered for these traits, which may result in selective improvements by being able to return more accurate genomic breeding values. The present study reveals the additive and non-additive genetic control of the evaluated traits and highlights the importance of genomic information-based approaches for populations without knowledge of kinship and experimental design. Our findings underscore the critical role of genomic data in elucidating the genetic control architecture of quantitative traits, thereby providing crucial insights for driving species' genetic improvement.

show abstract

Jussaí (Euterpe edulis): a review

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seed Oil and Its Nanoemulsion: Chemical Characterisation, Toxicity Evaluation, Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seed Oil and Its Nanoemulsion: Chemical Characterisation, Toxicity Evaluation, Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities

Single and multi-trait genomic prediction for agronomic traits in Euterpe edulis

Genomic studies of the additive and dominant genetic control on production traits of Euterpe edulis fruits

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About