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Fresh-cut aromatic herbs: Nutritional quality stability during shelf-life

dc.contributor.authorSantos, J.
dc.contributor.authorHerrero, M.
dc.contributor.authorMendiola, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorOliva-Teles, M. T.
dc.contributor.authorIbáñez, E.
dc.contributor.authorDelerue-Matos, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T12:00:59Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T12:00:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-01
dc.description.abstractFresh-cut vegetables are a successful convenient healthy food. Nowadays, the presence of new varieties of minimally processed vegetables in the market is common in response to the consumers demand for new flavours and high quality products. Within the most recent fresh-cut products are the aromatic herbs. In this work, the objective was to evaluate the nutritional quality and stability of four fresh-cut aromatic herbs. Several physicochemical quality characteristics (colour, pH, total soluble solids, and total titratable acidity) were monitored in fresh-cut chives, coriander, spearmint and parsley leaves, stored under refrigeration (3 ± 1 ºC) during 10 days. Their nutritional composition was determined, including mineral composition (phosphorous, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese and copper) and fat- and water-soluble vitamin contents. Total soluble phenolics, flavonoids and the antioxidant capacity were determined by spectrophotometric methods. The aromatic herbs kept their fresh appearance during the storage, maintaining their colour throughout shelf-life. Their macronutrient composition and mineral content were stable during storage. Coriander had the highest mineral and fatsoluble vitamin content, while spearmint showed the best scores in the phenolic, flavonoid and antioxidant capacity assays. Vitamins and antioxidant capacity showed some variation during storage, with a differential behaviour of each compound according to the sample.por
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lwt.2014.05.019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/5328
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLWT - Food Science and Technology;Vol. 59, Issue 1
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023643814003077por
dc.subjectVitaminspor
dc.subjectMineralspor
dc.subjectParsleypor
dc.subjectCorianderpor
dc.subjectSpearmintpor
dc.subjectChivespor
dc.titleFresh-cut aromatic herbs: Nutritional quality stability during shelf-lifepor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage107por
oaire.citation.startPage101por
oaire.citation.titleLWT - Food Science and Technologypor
oaire.citation.volume59 (1)por
person.familyNameDelerue-Matos
person.givenNameCristina
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A1A-43FB-5C27
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3924-776X
person.identifier.ridD-4990-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id6603741848
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor
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