Nutritional, antioxidative, and antimicrobial analysis of the Mediterranean hackberry (Celtis australis L.)
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- 作者：Ajda Ota ; Ana Miklavčič Višnjevec ; Rajko Vidrih ; Željko Prgomet ; Marijan Nečemer ; Janez Hribar ; Nina Gunde Cimerman ; Sonja Smole Možina ; Milena Bučar-Miklavčič and Nataša Poklar Ulrih
- 刊名：Food Science & Nutrition
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：5
- 期：1
- 页码：160-170
- 全文大小：240K
- ISSN：2048-7177
文摘
Celtis australis is a deciduous tree commonly known as Mediterranean hackberry or the European nettle tree. The fruit of hackberry are seldom used for nutritional purposes. The nutritional and physicochemical properties of ripe hackberry fruit from Istria (Marasi village near Vrsar, Croatia) were determined, including water, total fiber, protein, vitamin, mineral, and phenolic contents. This analysis demonstrates that the hackberry fruit is a valuable source of dietary fiber, protein, and vitamins, and of pigments such as lutein, β-carotene, zeaxanthin, and tocopherols. The seasonal differences associated with the different growth stages for the element composition, total phenolic content, and phenolic profile were also determined for hackberry mesocarp and leaves. Water and ethanol extracts were prepared from mesocarp and leaves harvested at different growth stages and their phenolic profiles and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were investigated. This study demonstrates that water and ethanol extracts of hackberry fruit and leaves collected at different growth stages contain epicatechin, gallic acid, vanillic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, delphinidin-3,5-di-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3,5-di-O-glucoside, and pelargonidin-3,5-di-O-glucoside. They also show some antimicrobial and antifungal activities. Further studies are needed to identify and define the active ingredients of these hackberry leaf ethanol extracts.