The presence of bioactive compounds suffers greatly influenced by environmental and genetic factors, and behave differently in each part of the plant. However, there are few studies which deal these aspects of camu-camu. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the physical, physico-chemical composition, the main bioactive compounds and antioxidant
capacity of camu-camu bark, depending on the stage of ripeness in fruits of different genotypes from plant matrices Bank Active Germplasm Camucamuzeiro of Embrapa Eastern Amazon. Fruits of three genotypes, selected at random in three maturity stages were collected. Results were expressed on a dry basis and analyzed by Analysis of Variance, Comparison Test Tukey's and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, with a
confidence interval of 95%. For physico-chemical analysis, there was a different one for each progeny, depending on maturity, except that the carbohydrate content increased in all progenies behavior. For vitamin C, the progenies 38 and 44 showed a high content of ascorbic acid, comparing the green and ripe stages, and 17 progeny showed a decrease
during maturation; the highest content of vitamin C has been found in 44 progeny, ripe stage (24,02 g/100g). All progenies showed an increase in the content of total phenolics and anthocyanins throughout maturation, with the highest values were demonstrated by progeny 17 (3298,98 AGE/100g mg) and 44 (165,91 mg/100g) respectively. Flavonols and carotenoids showed a distinct and statistically different behavior in each progeny, with the highest content of flavonols was found in 17 progeny in the green stage (343,63 mg QE/100g) and carotenoids in 44 progeny, ripe stage (105,88 mg/100g). Regarding the antioxidant activity based on the DPPH method, the progenies 38 and 44 showed the same behavior throughout maturation, with higher antioxidant activity half ripe and smallest stage in green, with the highest antioxidant activity was found in 17 progeny in the ripe stage (38,95 g fruit/g). Already by ABTS method, the antioxidant activity was
statistically different for all progenies and in all stages of maturation, higher value submitted by 44 progeny at maturity (170,63 μM trolox/g). Evaluating the relationship between bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity, the 17 progeny won more statistically significant correlations. It can be concluded that various factors cause differences in the synthesis of various compounds during fruit ripening of camucamuzeiro.
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