ASCORBIC AND DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF FROZEN ACEROLA PULP (MALPIGHIA GLABRA L.) COMMERCIALIZED IN RECIFE – PE (BRAZIL)

Authors

  • VERÔNICA CAVALCANTI LOPES Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • MARCOS HENRIQUE BRAINER MARTINS Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
  • IRINEIDE TEIXEIRA DE CARVALHO Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/cep.v15i1.14030

Keywords:

ACEROLA, POLPA DE ACEROLA, ÁCIDO ASCÓRBICO, ÁCIDO DEHIDROASCÓRBICO. FROZEN ACEROLA PULP, Malphighia glabra L., ASCORBIC ACID, DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID.

Abstract

Seventeen samples of frozen acerola pulp (Malphighia glabra L.), processed by different producers and traded in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, were investigated for the ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid content, from May to June, 1995. The method used was the “Tillmans” with endofenol. The ascorbic acid concentration varied from about 602,41 mg/100 mL to 1575,49 mg/100 mL of frozen pulp.

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LOPES, V. C., MARTINS, M. H. B., & CARVALHO, I. T. D. (1997). ASCORBIC AND DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF FROZEN ACEROLA PULP (MALPIGHIA GLABRA L.) COMMERCIALIZED IN RECIFE – PE (BRAZIL). Boletim Do Centro De Pesquisa De Processamento De Alimentos, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/cep.v15i1.14030

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (1997)

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