scholarly journals Optimization of Process Variables for Retention of Functional Properties of Bitter Melon (Momordica Charantia L.) and its Shelf-Life Extension

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
Sheetal Devi ◽  
Dipendra Kumar Mahato ◽  
Sarvesh Singh ◽  
Surendra Prasad Singh

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and soaking time on vitamin C, carotenoid, antioxidant activity and total phenolic content for optimizing the pre-treatment for minimal processing of bitter melon slices and to evaluate its shelf life at different storage conditions. Fresh-cut bitter melon slices were given post-cutting treatment of wash solution containing NaClO(25-500ppm) and H2O2 (1-5%) solution for different time intervals (10-120 minutes). The treated samples were analyzed for Vitamin C content, carotenoid, DPPH inhibition activity, ABTS inhibition activity and total phenolic content (TPC) using Central Composite Rotatable Design (CCRD). The optimum condition for soaking achieved by CCRD was NaClO (25 ppm), H2O2 (1%) and soaking time (56.32 min). The minimally processed bitter melon at optimized wash water treatment was packed in LDPE pouch of 0.1 mm thickness and were evaluated for shelf-life under modified atmospheric packaging, MAP 1 (5% O2, 25% CO2 & 70% N2) and MAP 2(10% O2, 20% CO2 & 70% N2) stored at temperature of 5, 20 and 35°C, respectively. Based on the microbiological, colour and textural analysis, MAP 1 was found to be better compared to MAP 2 and the shelf-life of fresh-cut bitter melon slices was prolonged up to twenty-eight days of storage.

Author(s):  
İbrahim Burak Yılmaz ◽  
Nebahat Sarı

In this study, plant growth, yield and sprout quality were investigated by planting at three different periods in three different Brussels sprout varieties in Çukurova Region. In this research, the effects of four different sowing and planting times on plant height (cm), main shoot diameter (mm), leaf number (number/plant), yield (g/m2), sprout weight (g), sprout diameter (mm), sprout height (mm), vitamin C (mg/100 g), antioxidant capacity [μmol trolox equivalents (TE)/g] and total phenolic content [mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/100 g] were investigated in Franklin Fı, Maximus Fı and Divino Fı Brussels sprout varieties. According to the research results; Maximus Fı variety was found to be longer, thicker and more leafy than the other varieties in terms of plant height, main shoot diameter and number of leaves. Based on yield, Maximus Fı variety was recorded to be more efficient (584.88 g/m2) than the other varieties (367.97 g/m2 and 259.82 g/m2 in Franklin Fı and Divino Fı, respectively). Maximus Fı was superior than the other Brussels sprout varieties, Franklin Fı and Divino Fı in terms of sprout weight, sprout diameter and sprout height. When the planting times were evaluated, it was recorded that the 1st period was more suitable in terms of both yield and sprout characteristics compared to the other periods. In the vitamin C content, antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content, Franklin Fı was showed higher rates than the other varieties and more nutrient content was detected in the late plantings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 328 ◽  
pp. 126930
Author(s):  
Cengiz Sarikurkcu ◽  
Jacqueline Cosmo Andrade ◽  
Mehmet Sabih Ozer ◽  
João Marcos Ferreira de Lima Silva ◽  
Olcay Ceylan ◽  
...  

HortScience ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 859-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junxin Huang ◽  
Robert Heyduck ◽  
Richard D. Richins ◽  
Dawn VanLeeuwen ◽  
Mary A. O’Connell ◽  
...  

Vitamin C profiles of 46 jujube cultivars were assessed from 2012 to 2015, and fruit nutrient dynamics of 10 cultivars during maturation were examined from 25 Aug. to 7 Oct. 2014 at 2-week intervals at New Mexico State University’s Alcalde Sustainable Agriculture Science Center and Los Lunas Agricultural Science Center. This is the first report in the United States profiling Vitamin C in jujube cultivars. The vitamin C content of mature fruit of 45 (of 46) cultivars ranged from 225 to 530 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW) plus ‘Youzao’ having the highest content of 820 mg/100 g FW at early mature stage. In general, drying cultivars had higher vitamin C content than fresh-eating cultivars whereas ‘Jinsi’ series (multipurpose) had relatively higher vitamin C content than others (>400 mg/100 g FW). Fruit vitamin C and moisture content decreased significantly during the maturation process. The average vitamin C contents of nine cultivars at Alcalde decreased more than 40% based on FW from 25 Aug. to 7 Oct. To maximize the vitamin C benefit, the ideal stage to consume fresh-eating cultivars is the creamy stage. Titratable acidity and soluble solids increased significantly during maturation. In mature jujubes, the titratable acidity and soluble solids ranged between 0.27% to 0.46% and 27.2% to 33.7%, respectively. Glucose, fructose, and sucrose content also rose significantly during ripening. Mature fruits contained 31–82 mg/g FW glucose, 32–101 mg/g FW fructose, and 53–159 mg/g FW sucrose among the cultivars tested. Based on sucrose contents, cultivars can be divided into two groups, “high-sucrose” (more sucrose than glucose or fructose) and “low-sucrose” (less sucrose than glucose or fructose). ‘Dagua’, ‘Honeyjar’, ‘Lang’, ‘Li’, ‘Maya’, ‘Sugarcane’, and ‘Sherwood’ belong to the “high-sucrose” group. Total phenolic content and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)-reducing capacity in fruit decreased during maturation, and the total phenolic content of mature jujube was 12–16 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g dry weight (DW). For mature fruit, ‘Li’ and ‘Li-2’ had the highest DPPH-scavenging efficiency whereas ‘Sugarcane’, ‘So’, and ‘Lang’ had the lowest at Alcalde, NM.


Genetika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bozhuyuk ◽  
Sezai Ercisli ◽  
Rayda Ayed ◽  
Tunde Jurikova ◽  
Hafize Fidan ◽  
...  

Turkey has great ecological, topological and geographical diversity within the country and this diversity has contributed not only to a high genetic diversity, but has also allowed the successful introduction and cultivation of a great number of fruit tree taxa. Turkey is also known to have a great richness of wild edible fruits with regard to variety and biological diversity. Rowanberry or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.) is one of the wild edible fruits naturally found most parts of Turkey. Present study describes morphological (tree growth habit, fruit color) and biochemical fruit traits (vitamin C, organic acids, specific sugars, total phenolic content, total anthocyanin content, total antioxidant capacity) of 17 seed propagated rowanberry genotypes. We found significant differences among almost all studied parameters. The genotypes had diverse L, chroma and hue values, which found between 28.76-42.38%; 24.11-29.45% and 33.13-42.66%, respectively. Among sugars and organic acids, Glucose and Malic acid were dominant in rowanberry fruits, respectively. Total phenolic content, total anthocyanin content, vitamin C and antioxidant activity varied from 123-189 mg GAE per 100 g, 18-57 mg per 100 g, 25.6-40.2 mg per 100 g and 3.36-6.92 mM trolox equivalent per 100 g of fresh weight (FW) basis. Results suggest using rowanberry fruits in production of functional foods with high biologically active properties.


Food Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2190-2196
Author(s):  
W.N.A.S.W.M. Rashidi ◽  
N. Muhammad ◽  
N. Abdullah ◽  
B.A. Talip ◽  
N. Bahrin

Ficus carica, Orthosiphon stamineus, Ficus deltoidea and Trigona honey are known for their high antioxidant amount. In this research, these plants and honey were used to study their interactions in terms of the antioxidant properties and the inhibition of α-amylase enzyme. These plants samples were chosen as they are usually used in traditional medicine to treat diabetes. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to measure the antioxidant activity as well as the α-amylase enzyme inhibition properties of the polyphyto formulations and Trigona honey. Simplex Centroid Mixture Design (SCMD) was used to design the formulations. In this experiment, the highest (p<0.05) antioxidant content for 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay was a formulation of 100% Trigona honey (90.09%). Meanwhile, a mixture of 50% F. carica – 50% O. stamineus and 50% O. stamineus – 50% Trigona honey yield the highest (p<0.05) total phenolic content (TPC) value (133.77 and 133.17 μg/mL, respectively), which indicated a synergistic interaction effect. However, for the measurement of ferric reduction antioxidant potential (FRAP), the formulation of 100% O. stamineus and 100% F. deltoidea exhibits the highest (p<0.05) value (148.95 and 148.78 μg/mL, respectively). In terms of enzyme inhibition, F. deltoidea showed the highest inhibition activity for α-amylase (8.826%). In conclusion, different percentages of F. carica, O. stamineus, F. deltoidea and Trigona honey have different interaction effects on the antioxidant activity and α-amylase inhibition depending on the amount of each factor.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 140-147
Author(s):  
R. Salam ◽  
R. Rafe

Grewia abutilifolia (Tiliaceae) tree is known for its uses in traditional medicine due to its various degrees of ethno-pharmacological activities. In this study, Grewia abutilifolia was evaluated for its in vitro antioxidant activities; further, flavonoids, flavonols, total phenolic content and proanthocyanidins content were determined to justify its uses against various oxidative stresses.We evaluated antioxidant activity by determining total antioxidant, Fe3+ reducing power, DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and hydroxyl radical scavenging, and lipid peroxidation inhibition activity. Aqueous fraction (AQF) contained highest total phenolic content (238.56 mg of gallic acid equivalent/g). Crude methanolic extract (CHE) contained maximum flavonoid (211.54 mg) and flavonols (380.25 mg) content equivalent to quercetin which showed significant reducing activity. Proanthocyanidins content was highest in petroleum ether fraction (PEF), 45.89 mg of catechin equivalent per gram. PEF showed maximum activity in DPPH scavenging assay (IC50 = 3.82 ± 0.055 μg/ml) and in hydroxyl radical scavenging assay (IC50, concentration required to inhibit the process by half, of 6.45 ± 1.297 μg/ml). Lipid peroxidation inhibition activity was also performed in the test chloroform fraction (CLF), which showed the highest inhibition (IC50 = 15.62 ± 1.31 μg/ml). These results suggested its potentiality against various diseases related to oxidative stress.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aishah Bujang ◽  
Zati Alyani Othman ◽  
Nor Farahin Md Ismail

This study focus on the stability of natural pigment from Melastoma malabathricum fruit in pink guava juice at 30°C and 60°C storage temperature. Analysis on the content of vitamin C, total phenolic content, lycopene, anthocyanin and color were conducted for 30 days. In general, the results showed higher reduction in all quality parameters at higher storage temperature. Freshly made PGJ contains 86.55±5.18 mg/100mL of vitamin C, 5.36±0.27 mg/L of lycopene, 933.50± 60.11 mgGAE/L of total phenolic content (TPC) and 1.36±0.32 mg/L of total monomeric anthocyanin. At day 30 of storage, vitamin C was reduced to 56.4% and 9.4% at 30oC and 60oC respectively. Total monomeric anthocyanins content was reduced to 38.2% and 7.2% at 30oC and 60°C respectively. Total phenolic content remained at day 30 was 12.1% and 7.5% at 30oC and 60oC respectively. While lycopene was found to be least affected by storage temperature compared to other quality attributes analyzed. The total color difference was increased drastically at 60oC between days 0 to 5 while linear increase was observed at 30oC storage. These studies provide useful information on the availability of the health beneficial compounds in fruit juice as well as their stability as natural food colourant during storage.


2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (01) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Wuri Marsigit ◽  
Mary Astuti ◽  
Sri Anggrahini ◽  
Sri Naruki

The aims of the study were to determine pulp proportion, dried pulp rendement, nutrient dan  total phenolic contentavocado variety of Ijo Panjang dan Ijo Bundar. Variety of Ijo Panjang and Ijo Bundar were selected because both of varieties were categorized as excelent varities and recomendedto develop in Indonesia. Water, carbohydrate, protein, fat dan ash content were determined by using proxymate analysis (AOAC), vitamin A dan E using spectrophotometry method, vitamin C using titration method, dan minerals using AAS method. Total phenolic content were determined by using Follin-Cialcetau method. The result of the studies found that pulp portion Ijo Bundar Variety higher than Ijo Panjang. Water content dan zinc of Ijo Panjang variety higher than Ijo Bundar. Dried pulp rendement of Ijo Bundar higher than Ijo Panjang. Protein, fat,  ash, minerals (Fe, Na, K dan P) avocado variety of Ijo Bundar higher than Ijo Panjang. Magnesium dan mangan content of both varieties have not significant different. Total phenolic content of pulp dan dried pulp were higher in Ijo Bundar than Ijo Bundar.Keywords: Pulp proportion, dried pulp rendement, nutrients dan total phenolics content ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proporsi daging buah, rendemen tepung, kandungan gizi dan fenol totalalpukat varietas Ijo Panjang dan Ijo Bundar. Pemilihan kedua varietas tersebut karena merupakan varietas unggul dan direkomendasikan untuk dikembangkan di Indonesia. Kandungan, air, karbohidat, protein, lemak dan abu dilakukan dengan analisis proksimat (AOAC), kandungan vitamin A dan E dengan metode spektrofotometri dan vitamin C dengan metode titrasi, analisis mineral dengan metode AAS. Total fenol dianalisis dengan metode Folin-Ciocalteu. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa proporsi daging buah, kadar air, seng varietas Ijo Panjang lebih tinggi dibandingkan Ijo Bundar. Rendemen tepung alpukat lebih tinggi pada varietas Ijo Bundar. Kandungan protein, lemak, abu, vitamin (A,E dan C), mineral (Fe, Na, K, P) lebih tinggi pada varietas Ijo Bundar. Kandungan magnesium dan mangan tidak terdapat perbedaan signifikan kedua varietas.  Fenol total daging buah dan tepung alpukat lebih tinggi pada varietas Ijo Bundar dibandingkan Ijo Panjang.Kata kunci: Prorporsi daging buah, rendemen tepung, kandungan gizi, fenol total 


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