| Title: | Assessing Nutritional Traits and Phytochemical Composition of Artisan Jams Produced in Comoros Islands: Using Indigenous Fruits with High Health-Impact as an Example of Biodiversity Integration and Food Security in Rural Development |
| Author(s): | Donno D; Mellano MG; Hassani S; De Biaggi M; Riondato I; Gamba G; Giacoma C; Beccaro GL; |
| Address: | "Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. dario.donno@unito.it. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. gabriella.mellano@unito.it. Ecole National de Cuisine et d'Application-Codcom, 167 Moroni, Comoros. saandiacodcom@gmail.com. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. marta.debiaggi@unito.it. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. isidoro.riondato@unito.it. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. giovanni.gamba@unito.it. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10123 Torino, Italy. cristina.giacoma@unito.it. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Universita degli Studi di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. gabriele.beccaro@unito.it" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules23102707 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In the Comoros Islands, as in other developing countries, malnutrition and food insecurity affect a very large percentage of the population. Developing fruit-based products in order to make profit, reduce poverty and improve indigenous people diet could be very important for local population of countries as Comoros Islands. The aim of the present work was to study the chemical composition of jams and jellies produced from seven fruit species harvested in Grand Comore Island. The following parameters were studied sugars and organic acids, total phenolics, total anthocyanins and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint of the main phytochemicals. Antioxidant activity was also measured. A multivariate approach (Principal Component Analysis) was performed in order to better characterize the products and to set a potential analytical tool for jam characterisation. Results showed that the analysed products are a good source of polyphenolic constituents, as caffeic and gallic acids, catechin and quercetin and volatile compounds, as limonene and gamma-terpinene: these molecules may be considered as suitable markers for these fruit-derived products as characterizing the chromatographic patterns. The characterisation of these products and their nutritional and nutraceutical traits is important as valorisation of local food production for poverty reduction and rural development. Further benefits of this approach include the maintenance of local agro-biodiversity as raw material for fruit-based products and the strengthening of food security practices" |
| Keywords: | "Anthocyanins/chemistry Antioxidants/*chemistry Biodiversity Comoros *Food Supply *Food, Preserved Fruit/*chemistry Humans Islands Phenols/chemistry Phytochemicals/chemistry Quercetin/chemistry HPLC fingerprint agro-biodiversity food security fruit jams ph;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDonno, Dario Mellano, Maria Gabriella Hassani, Saandia De Biaggi, Marta Riondato, Isidoro Gamba, Giovanni Giacoma, Cristina Beccaro, Gabriele Loris eng Switzerland 2018/10/24 Molecules. 2018 Oct 20; 23(10):2707. doi: 10.3390/molecules23102707" |
