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Mineral profle determination by ICP‑MS and physicochemical evaluation of cultivated and wild Algerian Opuntia species

dc.contributor.authorBoudjouan, Fares
dc.contributor.authorZeghbib, Walid
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Graciliana
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Edgar
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, Vítor
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-18T08:24:49Z
dc.date.available2025-06-18T08:24:49Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-23
dc.description.abstractOpuntia is a well-known plant for its folkloric use and nutritional composition. This work aimed to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics, as well as the mineral composition realized by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for cultivated and wild Algerian Opuntia species. The results showed a signifcant diference in length, diameter, and weight between both Opuntia fruits. The highest pH, brix°, and total sugar content were found in the pulp of cultivated fruit compared to the wild one. Moisture was found to be higher in pulp of both species with more than 90% compared to their seeds (33%); however, ashes content was more determined in seeds with 1.04%. Moreover, high protein content was found in wild Opuntia parts (more than 200 mg bovine serum albumin equivalent/100 g dry matter), which also presented higher ascorbic acid and betalain contents, particularly in the pulp with 211.45 mg EAA/100 g DM and 312.91 mg/100 g DM, respectively, compared to the cultivated Opuntia. Finally, the mineral profle revealed a signifcant countenance of all species’ fractions in many important minerals for human organism functioning, like iron, magnesium, zinc, and potassium.por
dc.identifier.citationBoudjouan, F., Zeghbib, W., Lopes, G., Pinto, E., Almeida, A., & Vasconcelos, V. (2024). Mineral profile determination by ICP-MS and physicochemical evaluation of cultivated and wild Algerian Opuntia species. Chemical Papers, 78(17), 9005–9018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-024-03722-w
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11696-024-03722-w
dc.identifier.eissn2585-7290
dc.identifier.issn0366-6352
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/30152
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationUIDB/04423/2020 and UIDP/04423/2020
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11696-024-03722-w
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectOpuntia species
dc.subjectFruit fractions
dc.subjectPhysicochemical characteristic
dc.subjectNutritional composition
dc.subjectMineral profle
dc.titleMineral profle determination by ICP‑MS and physicochemical evaluation of cultivated and wild Algerian Opuntia speciespor
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage9018
oaire.citation.startPage9005
oaire.citation.titleChemical Papers
oaire.citation.volume78
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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