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NUTRITIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN TROPICAL FRUITS

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During the past two decades our international scientific group investigated in vitro the physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of some cultivars of durian at various stages of ripening, mangosteen and new cultivars of snake fruit in comparison with widely used avocado, kiwifruit and mango, and in vivo their influence on laboratory animals. The main objective of the present study was to screen and compare the properties of water and ethanol extracts of selected exotic fruits and the influence of their physiologically active compounds on human health. The bioactive compounds were extracted with water and ethanol using similar procedures as are used in pharmaceutical applications and daily fruit consumption. Various analytical methods were used to detect biologically active metabolites derived from exotic fruits (polyphenols, flavonoids, flavanols, tannins, anthocyanins and ascorbic acid), anti¬oxidant radical scavenging assays (DPPH, FRAP, CUPRAC, and ABTS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy, two (2D-FL) and three-dimensional (3D-FL) fluorimetry. The correlation between the polyphenols and other bioactive compounds, and their antioxidant activities, is reported for the studied fruit extracts. The properties of the soil, where the investigated fruits were grown, were studied as well. Supplementation of diets with exotic fruits positively affected the plasma lipid profile and antioxidant activity in rats fed cholesterol-containing diets. The interaction between drugs and serum albumin plays an important role in the distribution and metabolism of drugs. The properties of polyphenol extracts of exotic fruits showed the ability to quench serum albumin by forming complexes similar with the ones formed between the proteins and pure flavonoids such as catechin and quercetin. In conclusion, new application of fluorimetry and FTIR spectroscopy for rapid estimation of the quality of exotic fruits in particular and for any fruits and vegetables in general is presented. It is necessary to promote a consumption of exotic fruits (a rich source of natural antioxidants) as a supplement to everyday human diet and for pharmaceutical applications.

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  • Photo of  Sumitra Poovarodom

    Sumitra Poovarodom

    • King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Faculty of Agricultural Technology
  • Photo of  Ratiporn Haruenkit

    Ratiporn Haruenkit

    • King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Faculty of Agricultural Technology
  • Photo of  Suchada Vearasilp

    Suchada Vearasilp

    • Chiang Mai University Faculty of Agriculture
  • Photo of  Pramoj Ruamsuke

    Pramoj Ruamsuke

    • Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University Faculty of Agricultural Technology
  • Photo of  Shela Gorinstein

    Shela Gorinstein

    • the Hebraw University the Institute of Drug Research
  • Photo of  Hanna Leontowicz

    Hanna Leontowicz

    • Warsaw University of Life Sciences Department of Physiological Sciences
  • Photo of  Maria Leontowicz

    Maria Leontowicz

    • Warsaw University of Life Sciences Department of Physiological Sciences
  • Photo of  Simon Trakhtenberg

    Simon Trakhtenberg

    • Rehovot, Israel Kaplan Medical Centre

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
ACTA INFORMATICA pages 77 - 86,
ISSN: 0001-5903
Language:
English
Publication year:
2013
Bibliographic description:
Poovarodom S., Haruenkit R., Vearasilp S., Ruamsuke P., Gorinstein S., Leontowicz H., Leontowicz M., Namieśnik J., Trakhtenberg S.: NUTRITIONAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN TROPICAL FRUITS// ACTA INFORMATICA. -, nr. 984 (2013), s.77-86
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.17660/actahortic.2013.984.6
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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