Biochemical and antioxidant activity of wild edible fruits of the eastern Himalaya, India

Frontiers in Nutrition

Nutrition

L. Joymati Chanu¹  Joiedevivreson Mawleiñ¹  S. Ruth Assumi¹  Veerendra Kumar Verma¹  Rumki Heloise CH. Sangma¹  M. Bilashini Devi¹  Samarendra Hazarika¹  Hammylliende Talang¹  Badapmain Makdoh¹  Kamni Paia Biam¹  A. Ratankumar Singh¹  Vinay Kumar Mishra¹  Heiplanmi Rymbai² 

[1] ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, India;null;

关键词: wild edible fruits;    bioactive compounds;    pigmentation;    processing;    value addition;    livelihood;    diversity;    conservation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnut.2023.1039965

 received in 2022-09-08, accepted in 2023-01-31,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The eastern Himalayas, one of the important hotspots of global biodiversity, have a rich diversity of wild edible fruit trees. The fruits of these tree species have been consumed by the tribal people since time immemorial. However, there is limited information available on the biochemical and antioxidant properties of the fruits. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study the physico-chemical and antioxidant properties of the nine most important wild fruit trees. Among the species, Pyrus pashia had the maximum fruit weight (37.83 g), while the highest juice (43.72%) and pulp content (84.67%) were noted in Haematocarpus validus and Myrica esculenta, respectively. Maximum total soluble solids (18.27%), total sugar (11.27%), moisture content (88.39%), ascorbic acid content (63.82 mg/100 g), total carotenoids (18.47 mg/100 g), and total monomeric anthocyanin (354.04 mg/100 g) were recorded in H. validus. Docynia indica had the highest total phenolic content (19.37 mg GAE/g), while H. validus recorded the highest total flavonoids and flavanol content. The antioxidant activities of the different fruits ranged from 0.17 to 0.67 IC50 for DPPH activity and 3.59–13.82 mg AAE/g for FRAP. These fruits had attractive pigmentation of both pulp and juice and were a good potential source for the extraction of natural edible color in the food industry. The fruits also possess high market prices; Prunus nepalensis fetched $ 34.10–$ 141.5 per tree. Therefore, these fruits are rich sources of antioxidants, pigments and have a high market value for livelihood and nutritional security.

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