Concentração de antioxidantes nos sucos dos frutos de bananinha-do-mato e abacaxi

Abstract

During February and June of 2017, in a cultivated area 10 fruits of bananinha-do-mato were 86 collected from 12 different plants and 12 pineapples were purchased from a street seller in October 87 of 2017, aiming to compare the antioxidant levels in the juice of these two bromeliads, the 88 unconventional food plant bananinha-do-mato and the famous worldwide consumed pineapple. 89 Compared with the pineapple juice, bananinha-do-mato presented significantly higher non-soluble 90 content, higher levels of the antioxidants Vitamin C and phenols, and higher total antioxidant 91 capacity, proteins and nitrites and nitrates. Vitamin E levels were similar in bananinha-do-mato and 92 pineapple juices. In conclusion, the fruit juice of bananinha-do-mato has higher antioxidant 93 capacity than the most cultivated and consumed Bromeliaceae in the world, the pineapple.