Carotenoids and phenolic compounds from Solanum sessiliflorum, an unexploited Amazonian fruit, and their scavenging capacities against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Mar 27;61(12):3022-9. doi: 10.1021/jf3054214. Epub 2013 Mar 13.

Abstract

The composition of carotenoids and phenolic compounds from mana-cubiu (Solanum sessiliflorum), a fruit native to Amazonia, was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array and mass spectrometry detectors (HPLC-DAD-MS(n)). The antioxidant capacities of the hydrophilic and carotenoid extracts against some reactive oxygen (ROO(•), H(2)O(2), HOCl, and HO(•)) and nitrogen (ONOO(-)) species were also determined. Seventeen carotenoids and three phenolic compounds were found in mana-cubiu. The major carotenoids were (all-E)-β-carotene (7.15 μg/g of dry weight) and (all-E)-lutein (2.41 μg/g of dry weight). The 5-caffeoylquinic acid (1351 μg/g of dry weight) was the major phenolic compound, representing more than 78% (w/w) of the total phenolic compounds. Moreover, two dihydrocaffeoyl spermidines were found in the hydrophilic extract. Both mana-cubiu extracts were able to scavenge all the tested reactive species. The carotenoid extract was shown to be a potent scavenger of peroxyl radical, while the hydrophilic extract was a potent hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid scavenger.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / analysis
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Carotenoids / analysis*
  • Carotenoids / chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry*
  • Fruit / chemistry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry
  • Hypochlorous Acid / chemistry
  • Lutein / analysis
  • Lutein / chemistry
  • Peroxides / chemistry
  • Peroxynitrous Acid / chemistry
  • Phenol / analysis*
  • Phenol / chemistry
  • Quinic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Quinic Acid / analysis
  • Quinic Acid / chemistry
  • Reactive Nitrogen Species / chemistry*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / chemistry*
  • Solanum / chemistry*
  • beta Carotene / analysis
  • beta Carotene / chemistry

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Peroxides
  • Reactive Nitrogen Species
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • caffeoylquinic acid
  • beta Carotene
  • Quinic Acid
  • Peroxynitrous Acid
  • perhydroxyl radical
  • Phenol
  • Carotenoids
  • Hypochlorous Acid
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Lutein