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Tipo de publicación: Artículos científicos (Publicados en revistas de divulgación o científicas)

Título del artículo: NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF FOUR EDIBLE PLANTS NATIVE FROM YUCATAN PENINSULA

Registrado por: Revista Mexicana de Agroecosistemas Vol. 9 (1) 79-90, ISBN: 2007-9559

Año de publicación: 2022

Resumen: Four food species native to the Yucatan Peninsula, ciricote (Cordia dodecandraDC.), piñuela, (Bromelia karatasL.), flor de mayo (Plumeria rubraL.) and capulincillo (Muntingia calabura), are considered representative and widely distributed backyard food species in this state. Ancestrally, these species have been used in the preparation of traditional dishes or consumed fresh, they are currently little appreciated by the inhabitants, fallinginto disuse because they do not have a nutritional characterization that distinguishes them, finding few reports on their nutritional properties. Therefore, this research aimed to generate information on the description of these backyard food species, identifying their main dietary components to promote their consumption. In 2019, specimens of these four conserved species were collected in the living collection of the germplasm bank of the Yucatan Science and Technology Park, which were analyzed to determine their bromatological composition following the OACC-2020 methodology. In the results, it stands for fruits of capulincillo for its low content of available carbohydrates in its fruit juice (0.21%), of which 1.13 g l-1are glucose and 0.9 g l-1sucrose, but with a high protein content (13.51 ± 0.78%). While in P. rubra, its range of higher fiber content (8.34%) and antioxidant capacity 8469 ± 117.9 ?mol Eq of Trolox stand out. They are followed by C. dodecandra, with 5.69% fiber and 4076.4± 947.2 ?mol Eq of Trolox, with 9.19% carbohydrates and 1.39% lipids in its juice. Finally, the species with the highest acidity was B. karatas(18.06 ± 0.51%) and pH of 4.63 ± 0.005 with a higher fiber content (5.23%). Therefore, with the information generated, we can recommend to the inhabitants that they can use these backyard food species, as a source of antioxidants, fiber and carbohydrates to complement their diet.

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Autor(es): Angeles Sánchez-Contreras, Annette Arisbeth Jiménez-Córdoba, Eduardo Juárez-González, Tania González-Flores, Areli Flores-Morales

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