Global production and demand for tropical fruits continues to grow each year as consumers are enticed by the exotic flavors and potential health benefits that these fruits possess. Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are often responsible for the juicy, fresh aroma of tropical fruits. This poses a...

Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit the oxidation processes and protect cells from the harmful effects of free radicals. Phytochemical and antioxidant activity screening has been done to 31 types of fruits peel extract. Phytochemical screening performed to determine the pharmacological active...

This book evolved from a symposium, "Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Flavors, Color, and Health Benefits," held at the 242th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society on August 28-September 1, 2011 at Denver, CO and hosted by the Division of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. Subtropical ...

Fourteen tropical fruits from south Florida (red guava, white guava, carambola, red pitaya (red dragon), white pitaya (white dragon), mamey, sapodilla, lychee, longan, green mango, ripe mango, green papaya and ripe papaya) were evaluated for phenolic compounds, anti-oxidant activity, ascorbic acid ...

The commercialization of exotic fruits in Brazil has been expanding considerably in the last years presenting the production of approximately 40 million tons, keeping behind only of China and India. Know the biometric variability of fruits is of great importance, since each fruit has a special...

The composition of and products produced from the fruits of aonla (Emblica officinalis [Phyllanthus emblica]), bael (Aegle marmelos), ber (Zizyphus mauritiana [Ziziphus mauritiana]), carambola, custard apple (Annona squamosa), date, fig, jamun (Syzygium cuminii [Syzygium cumini]), jackfruit,...

Nutritional Composition of Fruit Cultivars provides readers with the latest information on the health related properties of foods, making the documentation of the nutritive value of historical cultivars especially urgent, especially before they are lost and can't be effectively compared to modern...

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to characterise the physiochemical properties of selected exotic seasonal tropical fruits available in Singapore. Design/methodology/approach - A total of 11 seasonal tropical fruits including cempedak, chiku, custard apple, jackfruit, longkong, mangosteen, ...

This issue presents studies on the leaf area estimation in lychees by means of allometric relationships, dehydration and spraying of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa), quality index and harvest maturity of Eugenia cibrata fruits, Gonodonta (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) species defoliating sugar apple and...

The antioxidant activity and polyphenol and anthocyanin contents of wild tropical fruit and commercial frozen fruit pulps in southern Brazil, were investigated. The detection of 2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) was used to determine the antioxidant activity, the Folin-Ciocalteu method...