- Title
- Characterising the physical, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of the tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) fruit
- Creator
- Pham, Ngoc Minh Quynh; Chalmers, Anita C.; Vuong, Quan V.; Bowyer, Michael C.; Scarlett, Christopher J.
- Relation
- TECHNOLOGIES Vol. 5, Issue 3
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/technologies5030057
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) is an Australian native plant that fruits over the summer months. There are very few studies that have characterised its fruit; consequently, this study aimed to delineate the physical, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of the tuckeroo fruit. The tuckeroo skin embodied the largest weight proportion with over 77% of the total fruit weight and it had the highest levels of total phenolic compounds (TPC; 151.36 mg GAE/g), total flavonoids compounds (TFC; 95.94 mg CAE/g), and proanthocyanidins (Proanth; 164.86 mg CAE/g) content, as well as the strongest antioxidant power. The seed and flesh accounted for 23% of the total fruit weight and they possessed significantly lower levels of TPC, TFC and Proanth. This study has demonstrated that the tuckeroo fruit skin is a rich source of phenolic compounds, which can be further isolated and identified for further utilisation in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
- Subject
- antioxidant capacity; Cupaniopsis anacardioides; phenolic compounds; tuckeroo fruit; bio-active compounds
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1354112
- Identifier
- uon:31209
- Identifier
- ISSN:2227-7080
- Rights
- © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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