Identification, quantification and antioxidant characterization of flavonoids and vitamin C in fruit jellies / Identificação, quantificação e caracterização antioxidante de flavonoides e vitamina C presentes em geleias de frutas

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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The aims of this study were improving and validate methods to analyze ascorbic acid and flavonoids in fruit jellies. The identification and quantification of ascorbic acid occurred in three ways: (1) a colorimetric method, using the 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol, (2) a method using the High Performance Liquid Chromatography and, (3) a method by Capillary Electrophoresis. The first and the second methods were applied in 10 natural jellies. In view of the results, the manufacturer modified the formulation of the jellies to increase de amount of the acid ascorbic. Later, six new jellies were analyzed by the second and the third methods. The results were compared with each other and the Capillary Electrophoresis was considered most appropriate. The ascorbic acid in the jellies varied between ¿not detected¿ and 608 mg per gram of sample, considering all samples. The identification and quantification of flavonoids occurred by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis. The flavonoids quantified were: (+)- catechin, (-)-epicatechin, rutin, narirutin, kaempferol, myricetin and quercetin. Both methods showed good performance for this analysis. The composition verification of flavonoids in the samples requires a complex extraction step, and then, this study included the improvement of this extraction for more accurate results. The antioxidant capacity was analyzed employing the free radical diphenylpicryl-hydrazyl (DPPH¿). Between the analyzed compounds, the quercetin was the one that showed the highest antioxidant capacity. Combinations were performed in pairs of antioxidant studied and only the composition of (+)-catechin with ascorbic acid showed synergism. Antagonistic reactions were verified to these combinations: (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin, (+)-catechin and myricetin, (+)-catechin and rutin, (-)-epicatechin and rutin, (-)-epicatechin and ascorbic acid, kaempferol and rutin, myricetin and rutin, myricetin and ascorbic acid. Between the samples, the acerola with pineapple was the one that showed the greatest antioxidant capacity

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geleias antioxidants vitamina c jellies flavonoids antioxidantes vitamin c flavonoides

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