Tropical Fruits: From Cultivation to Consumption and Health Benefits, Fruits from the Amazon

259 Pages·2017·4.22 MB·English

by  Svetoslav Dimitrov

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

T F
ROPICAL RUITS

F C C
ROM ULTIVATION TO ONSUMPTION
H B , P
AND EALTH ENEFITS INEAPPLE

CRISTINA STEWART BOGSAN
AND
SVETOSLAV DIMITROV TODOROV
EDITORS
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CONTENTS

Preface vii
Chapter 1 Pineapple Taxonomy 1
Gabriel Moretti-Almeida
Chapter 2 Nutritional Values and Post-Harvest
Handling of Pineapples 15
Balakrishnan Kunasundari, Mei Kying Ong,
Kokila Thiagarajah, Shao Yin Ooi
and Huey-Shi Lye
Chapter 3 Bromelain from Pineapple:
Its Stability and Therapeutic Potentials 43
Sromona Das and Debasish Bhattacharyya
Chapter 4 Fresh-Cut Pineapple:
UV-C Light Potentialities in Shelf-Life Extension 101
Stella Plazzotta and Lara Manzocco
Chapter 5 Ionizing Energy for Shelf-Life Longevity
on Pineapples’ Ready-to-Eat Status 117
Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder
and Valter Arthur
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Chapter 6 The Effects of Gamma Radiation in the
Post-Harvest Conservation of Pineapple
Cv. Smooth Cayenne 129
Valter Arthur and Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder
Chapter 7 Processing Pineapple Juice Using Ultraviolet
Irradiation 141
Nor Hasni Hambali, Pei Chen Koh,
Mohd Adzahan Noranizan
and Rosnah Shamsudin
Chapter 8 Pineapple Fruit: Technical Aspects
of Cultivation, Post-Harvest and Nutrition 191
Henriqueta Talita Guimarães Barboza,
Alexandra Mara Goulart Nunes Mamede,
Antonio Gomes Soares, Otniel Freitas Silva,
Valéria Bezerra Saldanha,
José Ribamar Gusmão Araujo
and Augusto César Vieira Neves Junior
Chapter 9 Gene Silencing by MicroRNA in Pineapple:
Discovery, Involvement in the Control of Fruit
Development and its Application as Artificial
Gene Regulators 227
Noor Hydayaty Md. Yusuf, Mariam Abd. Latip
and Vijay Kumar Subbiah
Editors Contact Information 245
Index 247
PREFACE

The pineapple is one of the most popular fruits from the Bromeliaceae
family and is considered one of the most commercialized fruits in all
continents. His popularity was grown since the time of the European
explorers discovered this tropical fruit in the Americas, and they called
them "pineapples". Pineapple is a fruit with different qualities and
applications. Reach in vitamins and minerals, the fruit was appreciated by
his nutritional value and applications in traditional medicine; modern
medicine is use pineapple as a source for extraction of bromeline, a
mixture of different proteolytic enzymes with application in treatment of
numerous clinical disorders, including anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-
microbial, coagulation, fibrinolysis and debridement agent; in culinary
practice as a meat marinade and tenderizer; pleasant sweet-sour test is
highly explored in preparations of desserts, drinks, ice creams, sweets, etc.
In the past pineapple was considered as a symbol of prosperity and
been part of the iconography of the royalties and rich families in Europe.
This was related to the fact that this fruit can be cultivated only in tropical
areas of the World and in limited glass hothouses in Europe and North
America. The pineapple was a symbol of a luxury. Like sugar, the
pineapple was considered a commodity of privilege because the travel
between Americas and Europe was expensive. In architecture, pineapple
figures were considered as decorative elements, symbolizing hospitality
viii Cristina Stewart Bogsan and Svetoslav Dimitrov Todorov
and wellbeing. Related to the development of society, transportation and
conservation techniques, nowadays we can explore all positives aspects of
the pineapple. We can appreciate the nutritional qualities and can use as a
source of extraction of bio-active molecules.
In this book we have to try to collect papers covering a different
aspects of the systematic position of pineapple in the family of
Bromeliaceae; agricultural aspects of pineapple production; studies of
diseases related to this plant; genetic studies on melioration of the stability
of the plant and its fruit and resistance to disease; nutritional profiles,
health benefits, industrial applications; problems of collection,
transportation and commercialization of pineapple; processing of the fruits
and transformation to a nutritional products and extraction of bio-active
compounds.

Cristina S. Bogsan and Svetoslav D. Todorov