Bioactive compounds found in brazilian cerrado fruits
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2015
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Functional foods include any natural product that presents health-promoting
effects, thereby reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Cerrado fruits are considered a source
of bioactive substances, mainly phenolic compounds, making them important functional
foods. Despite this, the losses of natural vegetation in the Cerrado are progressive. Hence,
the knowledge propagation about the importance of the species found in Cerrado could
contribute to the preservation of this biome. This review provides information about Cerrado
fruits and highlights the structures and pharmacologic potential of functional compounds
found in these fruits. Compounds detected in Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (pequi),
Dipteryx alata Vog. (baru), Eugenia dysenterica DC. (cagaita), Eugenia uniflora L.
(pitanga), Genipa americana L. (jenipapo), Hancornia speciosa Gomes (mangaba),
Mauritia flexuosa L.f. (buriti), Myrciaria cauliflora (DC) Berg (jabuticaba), Psidium guajava L.
(goiaba), Psidium spp. (araçá), Solanum lycocarpum St. Hill (lobeira), Spondias mombin L.
(cajá), Annona crassiflora Mart. (araticum), among others are reported here.
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Brazilian savanna, Secondary metabolites, Functional foods, Phenolic compounds, Functional foods, Phenolic compounds
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BAILÃO, Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso; DEVILLA, Ivano Alessandro; CONCEIÇÃO, Edemilson Cardoso da; BORGES, Leonardo Luiz. Bioactive compounds found in brazilian cerrado fruits. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Basel, v. 16, n. 10, p. 23760-23783, 2015.