Caracteriza??o centesimal, composi??o qu?mica e atividade antioxidante do noni (Morinda Citrifolia L.) cultivado no Munic?pio de Z? Doca-MA

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Liane Caroline Sousa
• Orientador(a): Barbosa, Maria Ivone Martins Jacintho
• Banca de defesa: Srur, Armando Ubirajara Oliveira Sabaa, Freitas, Maria Cristina de Jesus
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncia e Tecnologia de Alimentos
• Departamento: Instituto de Tecnologia
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: noni; ?cido asc?rbico; antioxidantes
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: ascorbic acid; antioxidants
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: Ci?ncia e Tecnologia de Alimentos
• Link de acesso: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1549

This paper describes the investigation of the centesimal composition, chemical and antioxidant activity of Morinda citrifolia L. (Rubiaceae), native of Southeast Asia, popularly known as noni, which has emerged in Brazil as a plant with great healing potential. The empirical knowledge of the population has meant that the fruit is constantly present in the diet of Maranh?o. Early in the second half of 2010 seedlings of the species were planted in two experimental areas of the Federal Institute of Maranh?o (IFMA), Campus of Z? Doca-MA, broken down by planting time. After three months of the planting in the first area the fruiting process was initiated, and it was possible to perform bromatologic analyzes. For the centesimal composition was found in pulp, seed and mixtures of both, respectively: the ash content (0,82%?0,01; 0,60%?0,01 e 0,79%?0,03), moisture (90%?0,01; 28,34%?0,01; 80,64%?0,05), proteins (4,2%?0,01; 7,47%?0,06; 4,70%?0,02), total lipids (0,34%?0,04; 0,79%?0,03; 0,63%?0,07), carbohydrates (2,68%?0,01; 25,83%?0,02; 13,24%?0,01) and calorific value (30,58kcal/100g?0,02; 140,31 kcal/100g?0,03; 77,43 kcal/100g?0,03). It was found in the pulp and seed values soluble dietary fiber (0,51?0,04; 0,93%?0,03) and insoluble (1,44?0,05; 36,04%?0,38). For the chemical characterization it was found in the pulp, seed and mixtures of both: ? Brix (8,17?0,05;-), the total acidity (0,54?0,02; 0,28?0,01; 0,62?0,02%) and pH (3,95?0,07; 4,5?0,04; 4,1?0,05), the relationship TA / SS pulp was 14.97?0,07. The content of ascorbic acid was calculated by the method Tilmans, pulp and seed fractions (117,33?0,01; 24,33?0,03), expressed in mg/100 g sample. The antioxidant capacity analyzes were performed in three different parts: the pulp, peel and seed using alcoholic extracts (11,63?0,07; 10,03?0,04; 11,19?0,01) and aqueous extract (7,20?0,07; 6,98?0,07; 7,60?0,01) through the sequestration of free radical DPPH, expressed in mM of Trolox / g sample. It was further evaluated the antioxidant capacity of different extracts of the three parts of the fruit and alcoholic extract (98.78% in pulp, 84.76% in peel and 94.96% in the seed) showed much higher antioxidant capacity than the aqueous extract ( 8.08% in the pulp, 5.22% in peel and 22.66% in the seed) and the prominence given to the pulp, followed by seed and peel, respectively. It was demonstrated that the noni fruit grown in the municipality of Z? Doca presented a rich source of nutrition important fact that justifies its inclusion in the diet. It should be noted that the pulp showed a high content of vitamin C and antioxidant activity, and seed a significant amount of insoluble fiber, suggesting that this product can be inserted in the consumer market for being a nutritious food with great herbal medicine potential