Departamento de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Campus Belo Horizonte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Departamento de Nutrição, Campus Barreiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Food Res Int. 2022 Oct;160:111687. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111687. Epub 2022 Jul 16.
The Brazilian cerrado is considered one of the most critical biomes in the world. Araticum (Annona crassiflora Mart.) is a native plant from the Brazilian cerrado, abundant in nutrients and highly energetic. This study aimed to obtain chemical fingerprints of different parts of the araticum fruit, i.e. pulp, peel, and seed. Extracts from these three parts were prepared using different solvents (ethanol, water, and mixtures of ethanol and water) and later analyzed by paper spray ionization mass spectrometry. In general, ethanol extracted more metabolites than the other solvents. The chemical profiles varied according to the fruit part, geographic location, and extractor solvent. Among the metabolites, acetogenins (62.3%) and alkaloids (20.7%) predominated. Principal component analyses revealed that the samples were grouped according to the fruit part, regardless of the extractor solvent used. Araticum shows remarkable potential due to the beneficial properties of the metabolites for human health. The insertion of araticum in the human diet is still underexplored but is a promising alternative.
巴西塞拉多被认为是世界上最关键的生物群落之一。阿塔蒂姆（Annona crassiflora Mart.）是一种来自巴西塞拉多的本地植物，富含营养，能量很高。本研究旨在获得阿塔蒂姆果实不同部位（果肉、果皮和种子）的化学特征图谱。使用不同溶剂（乙醇、水和乙醇与水的混合物）从这三个部分提取提取物，然后通过纸喷雾电离质谱进行分析。总的来说，乙醇提取的代谢物多于其他溶剂。化学特征图谱根据果实部位、地理位置和提取溶剂而有所不同。在代谢物中，主要是丙二酰基（62.3%）和生物碱（20.7%）。主成分分析表明，无论使用哪种提取溶剂，样品都是根据果实部位进行分组的。阿塔蒂姆具有显著的潜力，因为其代谢物对人类健康有益。将阿塔蒂姆纳入人类饮食中仍未得到充分探索，但却是一种很有前途的选择。
