Title
Ultrasound processing of fruits and vegetables, structural modification and impact on nutrient and bioactive compounds: a review
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Kubo M.T.K.
Caetano-Silva M.E.
Augusto P.E.D.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
This review presents an updated analysis regarding the application of ultrasound technology in fruits, vegetables and their derivatives. The relationship among structure, processing, the quantity and quality of nutrients and bioactive compounds are discussed. Initially, we discussed the effect of ultrasound processing on the structure of the matrices at tissues, cells and molecules levels, also considering the different factors that influence the reported responses. Subsequently, the effect on nutrients and bioactive compound quantity (concentration) and quality (bioaccessibility → bioavailability → bioactivity) is evaluated. Ultrasound processing resulting in tissues and cell disruption, fibre breakage, isomerisation, micellisation, among other modifications, improving the extractability of compounds and/or resulting in their degradation. Moreover, the obtained new matrix interacts differently with the human body, affecting the compound accessibility, which can be increased. In conclusion, different possibilities are discussed regarding using ultrasound processing to enhance healthy aspects of plant-based food products.
Start page
4376
End page
4395
Volume
56
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas Ingeniería de producción
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106234844
Source
International Journal of Food Science and Technology
ISSN of the container
09505423
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to the São Paulo Research foundation (FAPESP, Brazil) for funding the project n° 2019/05043-6 and the ME Caetano-Silva post-doctoral fellowship (2017/16977-4), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil) for the PED Augusto productivity grant (306557/2017-7, 310839/2020-3), the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica (FONDECYT, Peru) from the ‘Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica’ (CONCYTEC, Peru) for funding the project n° 409-2019-FONDECYT, and to the Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN, Peru) for funding the project n° 20201005.
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