Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KatiaCB_DISSERT.pdf: 2815552 bytes, checksum: 5538a2db54454e17355a1ea7d2b7b8e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-15 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Fruits are rich sources of bioactive compounds, including phenolic compounds. Tropical fruit cultivation is an important productive segment in Brazilian Northeast. Its industrialization generates solid wastes as co-products, with potential environmental impact. Considering the recognized bioactive content of fruit and its derivatives, this research has the objective of investigating acerola (Malpighia glabra L.), caj?-umbu (Spondia ssp), jambolan (Syzygium cumini) and pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) dried wastes obtained by spouted bed drier. It was analyzed the physical-chemical composition, solubility and microphotographic aspect of these dried wastes. Besides this, it was also evaluated the bioactive content, antioxidant activity and inhibitory activity against aamylase and a-glycosidase enzymes of water and ethanol (70%, 80% e 100% v/v) extracts prepared from fruit dried wastes, as well as their possible correlations. The dried fruit wastes showed high phenolic (606.04 to 3074.6 mg GAE eq/100 g sample), anthocyanin (478.7 mg/100 g for jambolan) and ascorbic acid (2748.03 mg/100 g for acerola) contents, as well as high antioxidant DPPH activity (14.27 a 36.30 mg Trolox eq/g sample). The extracts exhibited moderate to high a-amylase inhibition (23.97% a 76.58%) and high α-glycosidase inhibition, which 99.32% peak was reached for ethanol 70% pitanga extracts. It was also observed great positive correlation between phenolic content and DPPH activity (0.97 for acerola), anthocyanin (0.95 for jambolan) and α- glycosidase inhibition (0.98 for acerola). The α-glycosidase inhibition also correlated well with the antioxidant activity for all fruit extracts. The results show that these dried fruit wastes are valuable material for further applications as functional ingredients / As frutas possuem importantes compostos bioativos, dentre eles os compostos fen?licos. O cultivo de frutas tropicais ? um importante segmento produtivo do Nordeste Brasileiro, mas sua industrializa??o gera res?duos s?lidos como c?-produtos da atividade, pass?veis de gerar impacto ambiental. Tendo em vista o reconhecido conte?do bioativo de frutas e seus c?-produtos, objetivou-se estudar o baga?o desidratado da acerola (Malpighia glabra L.), caj?-umbu (Spondia ssp), jambol?o (Syzygium cumini) e pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) obtidos em secador de leito de jorro. A partir disso, foi analisada a composi??o f?sico-qu?mica, solubilidade e aspecto microfotogr?fico dos baga?os secos. Al?m disso, foi avaliada a concentra??o de compostos bioativos, atividade antioxidante e atividade inibit?ria contra as enzimas α-amilase e α-glicosidase do extrato aquoso e extratos etan?licos (70%, 80% e 100% v/v) preparados a partir dos baga?os desidratados, bem como suas correla??es. Os p?s de fruta apresentaram elevado teor de compostos fen?licos (606,04 a 3074,6 mg GAE eq/100 g amostra), antocianinas (478,7 mg/100 g para jambol?o) e ?cido asc?rbico (2748,03 mg/100 g), bem como expressiva atividade antioxidante medida pelo m?todo DPPH (14,27 a 36,30 μg Trolox eq/g amostra). Os extratos foram capazes de expressar inibi??o da α-amilase de moderada a alta (23,97% a 76,58%) e expressiva inibi??o da α-glicosidase, cujo m?ximo de 99,32% foi alcan?ado pelos extratos etan?licos 70% da pitanga. Foi observada correla??o positiva entre o teor fen?lico e atividade antioxidante (0,97 para acerola), antocianinas (0,95 para jambol?o), inibi??o da α-amilase (0,99 para jambol?o) e inibi??o da α-glicosidase (0,93 para pitanga) e dessas duas ?ltimas com a atividade antioxidante para todos os frutos estudados. Os dados apresentados demonstram que os res?duos desidratados constituem valioso material de estudo para aplica??es como ingredientes funcionais