Physical and chemical characterization of yellow mangosteen fruits

The work had as objective the physico-chemical characterization of yellow mangosteen fruits. Six samples of 25 fruits were harvested in yellow mangosteen plants of the Active Germoplasm Bank of São Paulo State University and characterized by evaluation of length and width, weight, percentage and number of seeds per fruit, peel and pulp percentage, soluble solid (SS), titratable acidity (TA), vitamin C and SS/TA rate. Yellow mangosteen fruit is an intermediate vitamin C source with an average content 120.33 mg/100g of fresh fruit and has good technological quality.

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Main Authors: Cavalcante,Ítalo Herbert Lucena, Jesus,Natanael de, Martins,Antonio Baldo Geraldo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 2006
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452006000200039
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