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Bromatological Analysis, Chemical Composition and Bioassays from the Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae)

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  • Oneil Valerio à vila
  • Ismael Fernández
  • Habdel Nasser Rocha da Costa
  • Antonio Alves de Melho Filho
  • Ricardo Carvalho dos Santos
  • Pedro Rômulo Estevam Ribeiro

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Genipa americana L. well known as genipap, is a tree that is widely distributed throughout the Brazilian territory. The communities appreciate the genipap fruits, since they are used as food; in addition to that, their fruits have numerous seeds that can be used in the production of vegetable oil. This being, in this work inclined to a bromatological study of the genipap fruits and chemical composition and bioassays from vegetable oil seeds. Obtaining the highest percentage of lipids in the seeds that was of 7.08%, the highest percentage of humidity obtained was 74.66% present in the pulp, the highest amount of carbohydrates was found in the seeds, with a percentage of 79.37%, the highest percentage of ash present was 3.99% found in the pulp, another parameter analyzed were the proteins mostly present in the seeds with a percentage of 4.45% and finally the energy value was calculated, being the majority in the seeds with 398.98 Kcal/100 g. The fatty acid profile showed the highest percentage for the Linoleic Acid with 61.5%. The greatest inhibition in the antimicrobial assays was for S. typhimurium with 42.12% inhibition. In the tests performed for the inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase was 14.95%.

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  • Oneil Valerio à vila & Ismael Fernández & Habdel Nasser Rocha da Costa & Antonio Alves de Melho Filho & Ricardo Carvalho dos Santos & Pedro Rômulo Estevam Ribeiro, 2018. "Bromatological Analysis, Chemical Composition and Bioassays from the Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae)," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(3), pages 244-244, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:10:y:2018:i:3:p:244
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