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Article

Phytochemical Characterization of a Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Breeding Population Grown in the Inter-Andean Valley of Ecuador

by
William Viera
1,
Iván Samaniego
2,
Diana Camacho
3,
Nasratullah Habibi
4,
Lenin Ron
5,
Naveedullah Sediqui
6,
Javier Álvarez
2,
Pablo Viteri
1,
Andrea Sotomayor
1,
Jorge Merino
1,
Wilson Vásquez-Castillo
7,* and
Beatriz Brito
8
1
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP), Santa Catalina Research Site, Fruit Program, Tumbaco Experimental Farm, Tumbaco 170902, Ecuador
2
Department of Nutrition and Quality, Santa Catalina Research Site, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP), Cutuglahua 171107, Ecuador
3
Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Universidad Central del Ecuador (UCE), Quito 170521, Ecuador
4
Faculty of Agriculture, Balkh University, Balkh 1702, Afghanistan
5
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zoothecnics, Universidad Central del Ecuador (UCE), Quito 170521, Ecuador
6
Faculty of Agriculture, Alberoni University, Kohistan 1254, Afghanistan
7
Agroindustry and Food Science, Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Quito 170503, Ecuador
8
Independent consultant, Quito 170103, Ecuador
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2022, 11(3), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030268
Submission received: 12 November 2021 / Revised: 4 December 2021 / Accepted: 6 December 2021 / Published: 20 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polyphenols in Plants)
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Abstract

Tree tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) is an Andean fruit crop that is grown in Ecuador. It is an exceptional source of minerals and vitamins, thus has nutraceutical properties. The objective of this research was to carry out a phytochemical characterization of a breeding population composed of 90 segregants. Pulp (including mesocarp, mucilage, seeds and placenta) was ground and sieved in order to obtain the liquid pulp to be lyophilized for the chemical analyzes. Antioxidants compounds were determined by spectrophotometry and vitamin C by reflectometry. Data were analyzed by principal components, grouping, and variance analyses; in addition, Z Score estimation was carried out to select elite individuals. There was a broad variability in the data obtained for the breeding population, polyphenol content varied from 5.11 to 16.59 mg GAE g−1, flavonoids from 1.24 to 6.70 mg cat g−1, carotenoids from 50.39 to 460.72 µg β-carotene g−1, anthocyanins from 1.06 to 240.49 mg cy-3-glu 100 g−1, antioxidant capacity from 49.51 to 312.30 µm Trolox g−1, and vitamin C from 78.29 to 420.16 mg 100 g−1. It can be concluded that tree tomato is a good source of beneficial biocompounds and has a high antioxidant capacity.
Keywords: antioxidants; pulp; polyphenols; flavonoids; carotenoids; anthocyanins; antioxidant activity antioxidants; pulp; polyphenols; flavonoids; carotenoids; anthocyanins; antioxidant activity

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Viera, W.; Samaniego, I.; Camacho, D.; Habibi, N.; Ron, L.; Sediqui, N.; Álvarez, J.; Viteri, P.; Sotomayor, A.; Merino, J.; et al. Phytochemical Characterization of a Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Breeding Population Grown in the Inter-Andean Valley of Ecuador. Plants 2022, 11, 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030268

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Viera W, Samaniego I, Camacho D, Habibi N, Ron L, Sediqui N, Álvarez J, Viteri P, Sotomayor A, Merino J, et al. Phytochemical Characterization of a Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Breeding Population Grown in the Inter-Andean Valley of Ecuador. Plants. 2022; 11(3):268. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030268

Chicago/Turabian Style

Viera, William, Iván Samaniego, Diana Camacho, Nasratullah Habibi, Lenin Ron, Naveedullah Sediqui, Javier Álvarez, Pablo Viteri, Andrea Sotomayor, Jorge Merino, and et al. 2022. "Phytochemical Characterization of a Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Breeding Population Grown in the Inter-Andean Valley of Ecuador" Plants 11, no. 3: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030268

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Viera, W., Samaniego, I., Camacho, D., Habibi, N., Ron, L., Sediqui, N., Álvarez, J., Viteri, P., Sotomayor, A., Merino, J., Vásquez-Castillo, W., & Brito, B. (2022). Phytochemical Characterization of a Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) Breeding Population Grown in the Inter-Andean Valley of Ecuador. Plants, 11(3), 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030268

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