Carotenoids and carotenoid esters of orange- and yellow-fleshed mamey sapote ( Pouteria sapota  (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn) fruit and their post-prandial absorption in humans

Chacón Ordóñez, Tania; Schweiggert, Ralf M.; Bosy Westphal, Anja; Jiménez García, Víctor; Carle, Reinhold; Esquivel Rodríguez, Patricia

Carotenoids and carotenoid esters of orange- and yellow-fleshed mamey sapote ( Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn) fruit and their post-prandial absorption in humans

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2017 - Carotenoid profile in sapote.pdf (1.41 MB)

Fecha

2017-04

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artículo original

Autores

Chacón Ordóñez, Tania

Schweiggert, Ralf M.

Bosy Westphal, Anja

Jiménez García, Víctor

Carle, Reinhold

Esquivel Rodríguez, Patricia

Resumen

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. Since the fruit was found to contain the potentially vitamin A-active keto-carotenoids sapotexanthin and cryptocapsin, we sought to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the carotenoid profile of different genotypes by HPLC-DAD-MSn. Sapotexanthin and cryptocapsin were present in all genotypes. Keto-carotenoids such as cryptocapsin, capsoneoxanthin, and their esters were most abundant in orange-fleshed fruit, whereas several carotenoid epoxides prevailed in yellow-fleshed fruit. Differing carotenoid profiles were associated with different color hues of the fruit pulp, while the widely variable carotenoid content (3.7–8.0 mg/100 g FW) was mainly reflected by differences in color intensity (chroma C∗). Furthermore, the post-prandial absorption of sapotexanthin to human plasma was proven for the first time. Besides sapotexanthin, cryptocapsin was found to be resorbed.