Caracterização física, química e funcional dos frutos da pitombeira (talisia esculenta).

Abstract

The fruits of pitombeira have the potential quality characteristics for industrial and processed consumption, but are poorly studied, creating the need for more information on the potential of the species and its use for different purposes. Considering these aspects, there was a physical, post-harvest fruits of pitombeira chemical and functional. The fruits of pitombeira from the city of Luís Gomes-RN were purchased in a street market in the city of Sousa-PB, located 60 km from the city of origin of the fruit and conducted 53 km away in his own car and put up in boxes cardboard at room temperature to the Academic Unit of Food Analysis Laboratory of Food Technology Centre of Science and Technology Agrifood the Federal University of Campina Grande, in the municipality of Pombal-PB, between the months of June and July 2014 . The fruits were selected with respect to the absence of physical injuries and illnesses as well, as its stage of ripeness and size, and then immediately chilled to 4 ° C. The fruits were divided into 15 repetitions of 25 fruits or about 150g each. Of this total, in each of the 15 repetitions, 20 fruits were used for the chemical and functional analyzes, and the remaining 5 fruits, for physical analysis, for a total of 75 fruits the fruits 300 and physical analysis for chemical and functional analyzes. As for the results, the fruits of pitombeira possessed ideal functional and necessary for the development and processing of new products, such as high protein content (31.72% in seed and 39.72% in the shell), phenolic compounds (101, 47% in the seed and 106.61% in shell) and carotenoids (10.14% and 23.39% in the seed in the seed film). The pulp pitomba can be used for both fresh consumption and processing, as has high levels of mineral residue, soluble solids and vitamin C. The fruit pitomba have physical characteristics, excellent chemical and functional, as observed in the levels high protein, phenolic compounds, flavonoids and carotenoids in all parts of the fruit.