79767 20230926093529.0 doi 10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430122 sideral 112606 ART-2019-112606 eng Chakradhari, Suryakant Evaluation of the phytochemical and mineral characteristics of some selected Sapotaceae plants 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Aims: To study the spectral and thermal characteristics, and the oil, starch, polyphenol and mineral contents of seeds and leaves from three Sapotaceae species, provided that trees and shrubs of this family are an important source of nutritional and functional products. Methodology: Leaves and seeds from three Sapotaceae plants, namely Moa tree (Madhuca indica J. F. Gmel.), Chico sapote (Manilkara zapota (Linn.) van Royen) and Spanish cherry (Mimusops elengi Linn.), were collected in the Raipur area of Chhattisgarh, India. Their physicochemical characterization (including oil, polyphenol, starch and mineral contents; functional groups; and thermal degradation patterns) was carried out by using various techniques, viz. solvent extraction, spectrophotometry, enzymatic digestion, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies, thermogravimetric/derivative thermogravimetric (TG/DTG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. Results: The three Sapotaceae seeds under study were found to contain polyphenol, mineral, starch and oil contents in the 1850–23180 mg/kg, 11390–19385 mg/kg, 6.7–9.1% and 9.8-54.1% range, respectively. Their leaves and seed coats featured total phenolic contents in the 24260–28600 mg/kg and 7810–23060 mg/kg range, respectively, and mineral contents in the 8823–27462 mg/kg and 3619–15884 mg/kg range, respectively. The functional groups of the phytochemicals, studied by FTIR, were assigned. Their thermal decomposition patterns, which involved loss of water and volatile organic compounds, proteins, oil and starch/cellulose, were also described. Conclusion: The Sapotaceae leaves, seed coat, kernel and cake are enriched with very high contents of starch, proteins, polyphenols and minerals, suggesting their possible valorization in human food, animal feeding and as herbal medicines. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Kanti Deb, Manas Patel, Khageshwar S. Martín Gil, Jesús Towett, Erick K. Martín Ramos, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2713-2786 5011 500 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Area Ingeniería Agroforestal 27, 4 (2019), 1-16 European j. med. plants European journal of medicinal plants 2231-0894 898117 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79767/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 82492 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79767/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:79767 articulos driver 2023-09-26-09:29:46 ARTICLE