Title
Study of the stability and rheological behavior of the pulp of bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart.)
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Guida I.I.S.
Santana A.A.
Sampaio R.M.
Federal University of Maranhão
Publisher(s)
Plapiqui
Abstract
The present work aimed to study the physical-chemical properties, stability and rheology of the natural and diluted pulp of bacuri (Platonia in-signis Mart.). The pulp was characterized through chemical and physical analyses. The study of stability involved the evaluation of the sedimentation index and turbidity, in addition to rheological properties at 10, 35 and 60 oC. The results showed that bacuri pulp represents an important source of dietary fiber, with a greater protein content and antioxidant activity than other bacuri genotypes. The rheological data were adjusted by the Power Law model, indicating that the pulp in natura and diluted consistencies pre-sents a non-Newtonian behavior of the pseudoplastic type. As expected for fruit pulps, an inverse relation-ship was found between the consistency index and the temperature, as well as a direct relationship between the consistency index and the soluble solids content.
Start page
53
End page
58
Volume
50
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología (teórica, matemática, térmica, criobiología, ritmo biológico), Biología evolutiva Biofísica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85088968649
Source
Latin American Applied Research
ISSN of the container
03270793
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