Seasonal Nutritional Profile of Gelidium corneum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiaceae) from the Center of Portugal
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Site, Collection and Storage
2.2. Biomass Drying Process
2.3. Aqueous Extraction
2.4. Proximate Composition
2.4.1. Determination of Moisture and Ash Content
2.4.2. Total Protein Content
2.4.3. Total Carbohydrates
2.4.4. Total Lipid Content
2.4.5. Fatty Acid Analysis
2.5. Indexes of Lipid Quality
2.6. Agar Extraction and Quantification
2.7. Antioxidant Capacity
2.7.1. DPPH Radical Scavenging Assay
2.7.2. Ferric Reducing Power Assay (FRAP)
2.7.3. ABTS Radical Scavenging Assay
2.7.4. Total Phenolic Compound Assay (TPC)
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Proximate Analysis
3.2. Biomass Quality
3.3. Antioxidant Capacity of Aqueous Extract of Gelidium Corneum
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | |
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Moisture (% fw) | 52.53 ± 1.99 bc | 62.69 ± 1.21 a | 63.19 ± 0.43 a | 45.61 ± 8.22 |
Ash (% fw) | 12.68 ± 0.73 | 11.30 ± 0.84 d | 14.12 ± 0.85 | 13.21 ± 0.45 b |
Protein (%) | 10.44 ± 0.19 bcd | 14.61 ± 0.71 acd | 16.25 ± 0.33 ab | 15.47 ± 0.21 ab |
Lipids (%) | 2.75 ± 0.28 abd | 2.16 ± 0.10 ad | 2.57 ± 0.04 d | 0.93 ± 0.04 abc |
Agar (%) | 5.99 ± 0.88 | 6.33 ± 2.43 | 6.01 ± 1.90 | 8.70 ± 0.97 |
Carbohydrates (%) | 39.50 ± 3.29 c | 29.78 ± 1.60 d | 24.84 ± 5.06 ad | 39.08 ± 2.71 bc |
Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | ||
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Tridecyclic acid | C13:0 | 0.55 ± 0.18 | 0.60 ± 0.16 | 0.87 ± 0.28 | 0.67 ± 0.09 |
Myristic acid | C14:0 | 5.86 ± 0.24 bd | 4.13 ± 0.13 acd | 6.33 ± 0.14 b | 8.49 ± 0.17 abc |
Palmitic acid | C16:0 | 45.97 ± 0.53 bcd | 42.79 ± 0.33 acd | 56.07 ± 0.93 abd | 63.33 ± 0.99 abc |
Stearic acid | C18.0 | 2.26 ± 1.26 | 1.47 ± 1.00 | 1.46 ± 0.03 | 2.03 ± 0.18 |
Sum SFA% | 55.05 ± 1.14 bcd | 49.36 ± 0.70 acd | 64.46 ± 0.90 abd | 75.12 ± 0.67 abc | |
Myristoleic acid | C14:1 | 0.37 ± 0.13 | 0.44 ± 0.07 | 0.85 ± 0.00 | 0.52 ± 0.03 |
Palmitoleic acid | C16:1 n-7 | 1.46 ± 0.01 b | 0.899 ± 0.08 acd | 1.08 ± 0.23 b | 1.42 ± 0.12 b |
Oleic acid | C18:1 n-9 | 7.23 ± 0.55 b | 5.47 ± 0.06 acd | 7.56 ± 0.28 b | 7.48 ± 0.14 b |
Sum MUFA% | 11.03 ± 0.27 b | 8.08 ± 0.34 acd | 11.06 ± 1.17 b | 11.05 ± 0.67 b | |
Linoleic acid | C18:2 n-6 | 0.94 ± 0.38 | 0.75 ± 0.23 | 0.71 ± 0.07 | 0.52 ± 0.04 |
Arachidonic acid | C20:4 n-6 | 14.68 ± 1.48 bcd | 18.87 ± 0.81 acd | 10.98 ± 0.78 abd | 5.95 ± 0.18 abc |
Eicosapentaenoic acid | C20:5 n-3 | 17.64 ± 0.14 bcd | 22.68 ± 0.51 acd | 9.49 ± 0.28 abd | 6.87 ± 0.29 abc |
Sum PUFA% | 33.92 ± 1.18 bcd | 42.56 ± 1.04 acd | 21.18 ± 1.07 abd | 13.83 ± 0.36 abc | |
Nutritional Indexes | |||||
Σ n-3 | 17.91 ± 0.13 bcd | 22.68 ± 0.51 acd | 9.49 ± 0.28 abd | 7.08 ± 0.23 abc | |
Σ n-6 | 16.01 ± 1.07 bcd | 19.88 ± 0.61 acd | 11.9 ± 0.79 abd | 6.74 ± 0.16 abc | |
AI index | 1.15 ± 0.02 bcd | 0.93 ± 0.01 acd | 1.94 ± 0.10 abd | 2.89 ± 0.09 abc | |
TI Index | 0.82 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 1.64 ± 0.10 | 2.54 ± 0.05 | |
n-6/n-3 ratio | 0.89 ± 0.05 c | 0.88 ± 0.02 c | 1.23 ± 0.05 abd | 0.95 ± 0.02 c | |
h/H ratio | 0.87 ± 0.01 bcd | 1.08 ± 0.01 acd | 0.52± 0.02 abd | 0.35± 0.01 abc |
Iodine and Contaminants (mg kg−1 dw) | Spring (June) | Autumn (November) |
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Lead | 0.24 ± 0.12 | 0.52 ± 0.16 |
Arsenic | 1.50 ± 0.1 | 1.60 ± 0.28 |
Cadmium | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.04 |
Mercury | <0.007 | <0.007 |
Tin | <0.5 | <0.5 |
Iodine | 236.67 ± 0.12 c | 150.00 ± 0.16 a |
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Cavaco, M.; Duarte, A.; Freitas, M.V.; Afonso, C.; Bernardino, S.; Pereira, L.; Martins, M.; Mouga, T. Seasonal Nutritional Profile of Gelidium corneum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiaceae) from the Center of Portugal. Foods 2021, 10, 2394. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102394
Cavaco M, Duarte A, Freitas MV, Afonso C, Bernardino S, Pereira L, Martins M, Mouga T. Seasonal Nutritional Profile of Gelidium corneum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiaceae) from the Center of Portugal. Foods. 2021; 10(10):2394. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102394
Chicago/Turabian StyleCavaco, Mário, Adriana Duarte, Marta V. Freitas, Clélia Afonso, Susana Bernardino, Leonel Pereira, Mendelson Martins, and Teresa Mouga. 2021. "Seasonal Nutritional Profile of Gelidium corneum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiaceae) from the Center of Portugal" Foods 10, no. 10: 2394. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102394