Title
Native fruits of peru as a potential source of nutrients, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity in the nutritional requirements of vulnerable groups
Other title
Frutas nativas do peru como fonte potencial de nutrientes, compostos bioativos e capacidade antioxidante nas necessidades nutricionais de grupos vulneráveis
Frutos nativos de perú como fuente potencial de nutrientes, compuestos bioactivos y capacidad antioxidante en el requerimiento nutricional de grupos vulnerables
Date Issued
01 April 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad del Zulia
Abstract
The Andean region has a great variety of native species, which can satisfy a large part of the daily nutritional requirements, necessary for vulnerable populations, due to their high nutrient content. In this work, the physicochemical characterization of three types of native fruits from the Andean region of Peru was carried out: Aguaymanto (Physalis peruviana), yellow pitahaya (Selenericeus megalanthus) and Quito (Solanum quitoense), the potential of nutrients, the bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity and was compared with the nutritional requirement of vulnerable groups (older adults, pregnant mothers and lactating mothers). For each vulnerable group, the average contribution of the fruits and the theoretical average contribution of a five-day diet were contrasted with the IDR10, which represents 10 % of the total requirement of the Dietary Reference Intake (IDR) considering that the consumption of the fruit represents 10 % of the total food intake per day. To test the hypothesis, a global index was determined as a function of desirability, determined from the geometric mean of the indices of physical-chemical, nutritional, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity of the studied fruits. The non-parametric statistical method of Kruskal Wallis was used with a significant level of 5 %, significantly verifying (p≤ 0.05) that the content of the components of the native fruits represent a potential source of nutrients, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity in the nutritional requirements of vulnerable groups.
Start page
421
End page
440
Volume
38
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103236376
Source
Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia
ISSN of the container
03787818
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) of Lima, Peru, for the support provided and the Graduate School of the National University Federico Villarreal for the facilities provided for the completion of this study.
Los autores agradecen al Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient?fico y Tecnol?gico (FONDECYT) de Lima, Per?, por el apoyo brindado y a la Escuela de Postgrado de la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal por las facilidades brindadas para la culminaci?n del presente estudio.
Sources of information:
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