Latin America (LatAm) is an ethnic and geographic concept associated with those areas of the American continent where romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, or French) predominate, i.e., Mexico, Central and South America, ...

Pigments of pericarp and pulp of pink guava (Psidium guajava L. cv. ‘Criolla’) were investigated to elucidate the profile and the accumulation of main carotenoids during four stages of fruit ripening by using HPLC-DAD and ...

Coffee, one of the most popular beverages, is consumed by millions of people every day. Traditionally, coffee beneficial effects have been attributed solely to its most intriguing and investigated ingredient, caffeine, but ...

Phenolic acids and flavonol O-glycosides were extracted from the peels of jocote fruits (Spondias purpureaL.,Anacardiaceae) harvested in Costa Rica and characterized using ultra high-performance liquid chromatog-raphy ...

Coffee pulp, peels, and mucilage are by-products accruing from wet coffee processing. Like coffee seeds, the se fruit tissues contain substantial amounts of polyphenols and other bioactives. In the present study, polyphenols ...

Carotenoids and tocopherols were characterised in the meso- and exocarp of wild-growing Costa Rican Acrocomia aculeata fruits. Comprehensive profiling of these lipophilic micronutrients in fruits of three varying maturity ...

Although different genotypes of mamey sapote with distinct pulp colors are consumed in countries from Central to South America, in-depth knowledge on genotype-related differences of their carotenoid profile is lacking. ...

Morphological traits, total lipid contents, and fatty acid profiles were assessed in fruits of several accessions of Elaeis oleifera [Kunth] Cortes,́ Elaeis guineensis Jacq., and their interspecific hybrids. The latter ...

En las plantas, los carotenoides son generalmente biosintetizados y depositados en diferentes tipos de plastidios. En tejidos vegetales verdes, los carotenoides se encuentran dentro de cloroplastos, los cuales tienen ...