de Andrade Silva Cinthia Aparecida, Fonseca Gustavo Graciano
Laboratory of Bioengineering, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, CEP 79.804-970 Dourados-MS, Brazil.
Food Sci Biotechnol. 2016 Oct 31;25(5):1225-1232. doi: 10.1007/s10068-016-0195-3. eCollection 2016.
The Brazilian savannah is the second largest biome of the country, and it displays great biodiversity. The fruits of the native trees have peculiar characteristics and are recognized for their nutritional and therapeutic aspects. However, little is known about their technological and biotechnological potential applications. The existing information concerning these aspects has never been compiled so far. It is known that many of these fruits contain many bioactive compounds of industrial interest, such as carotenoids and phenolic constituents. Another aspect of the fruit is the high fatty acid content of some species. Pequi, bocaiuva, jatoba, baru, amburama, and buriti, for instance, are among those fruits described as being rich in fatty acids, mostly unsaturated ones. Here, we reviewed 18 species from the Brazilian savannah identified to be of interest because of high potencial for sustained medium- and short-term explorations, under the technological and biotechnological aspects, seeking the development of new products from these scarcely studied raw materials.
巴西热带稀树草原是该国第二大生物群落,拥有丰富的生物多样性。当地树木的果实具有独特的特性,其营养和治疗价值备受认可。然而,关于它们在技术和生物技术方面的潜在应用却知之甚少。迄今为止,尚未对这些方面的现有信息进行整理。众所周知,这些果实中有许多含有具有工业价值的生物活性化合物,如类胡萝卜素和酚类成分。果实的另一个特点是某些品种的脂肪酸含量很高。例如,腰果、博卡尤瓦、巴西樱桃、巴拉圭果、安布拉马果和巴西棕果等果实被描述为富含脂肪酸,且大多为不饱和脂肪酸。在此,我们对巴西热带稀树草原的18个物种进行了综述,这些物种因在技术和生物技术方面具有较高的中短期可持续开发潜力而受到关注,旨在利用这些研究较少的原材料开发新产品。