Propriedades químicas, físicas e biológicas da Averrhoa carambola em diferentes estados de maturação

Abstract

The market for tropical or exotic fruits has been growing strongly in recent years, both domestically, and in the export and Averrhoa carambola (star fruit) stands out as a cost effective option for diversification and a growing alternative to fruit grower. Being native to Asia, Brazil is increasing, with information on quality and chemical composition are scarce. This study had to analyze physical, chemical and biological properties at different stages of maturation of starfruit. The physical property, it was observed that the larger and smaller fruit is the intermediate stage. For evaluating the antioxidant potential used to method the DPPH methodology and iodine. It was concluded with the biological present study, the starfruit on green stage showed the highest antioxidant activity.