Carotenoids and carotenoid esters of orange- and yellow-fleshed mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn) fruit and their post-prandial absorption in humans. (15th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chacón-Ordóñez, Tania; Schweiggert, Ralf M.; Bosy-Westphal, Anja; Jiménez, Víctor M.; Carle, Reinhold; Esquivel, Patricia
• Is Part Of: Food chemistry. Volume 221(2017)
• Page Start: 673
• Page End: 682
• Publication Date: 2017-04-15
• Subjects: β-carotene-5, 6-epoxide (PubChem CID: 5281231) -- Capsanthin-5, 6-epoxide (PubChem CID: 25244605) -- Capsoneoxanthin (PubChem CID: 101078504) -- Cryptocapsin (PubChem CID: 14515709) -- Cryptoxanthin-5, 6-epoxide (PubChem CID: 23256985) -- Cryptoxanthin-5, 6, 5′, 6′-diepoxide (PubChem CID: 21587178) -- Luteoxanthin (PubChem CID: 12112747) -- Neoxanthin (PubChem CID: 5281247) -- Sapotexanthin (PubChem CID: 51042208) -- Violaxanthin (PubChem CID: 448438); Carotenoids -- Mamey sapote -- Sapotexanthin -- Cryptocapsin -- Keto-carotenoids -- Bioavailability -- Provitamin A; Food -- Analysis -- Periodicals; Food -- Composition -- Periodicals; 664
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.120
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0308-8146

Abstract

Highlights: Different mamey sapote genotypes are characterized by their specific carotenoid profiles. Orange-fleshed fruits contained higher amounts of keto-carotenoids. Neoxanthin, violaxanthin, and other epoxides prevailed in yellow-fleshed fruits. Mamey sapote contained potentially vitamin A-active sapotexanthin and cryptocapsin. Post-prandial absorption of sapotexanthin was proven for the first time. Abstract: Although different genotypes of mamey sapote with distinct pulp colors are consumed in countries from Central to South America, in-depth knowledge on genotype-related differences of their carotenoid profile is lacking. Since the fruit was found to contain the potentially vitamin A-active keto-carotenoids sapotexanthin and cryptocapsin, we sought to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the carotenoid profile of different genotypes by HPLC-DAD-MS n . Sapotexanthin and cryptocapsin were present in all genotypes. Keto-carotenoids such as cryptocapsin, capsoneoxanthin, and their esters were most abundant in orange-fleshed fruit, whereas several carotenoid epoxides prevailed in yellow-fleshed fruit. Differing carotenoid profiles were associated with different color hues of the fruit pulp, while the widely variable carotenoid content (3.7–8.0 mg/100 g FW) was mainly reflected by differences in color intensity (chroma C ∗ ). Furthermore, the post-prandial absorption of sapotexanthin to human plasma was proven for the first time. Besides sapotexanthin, cryptocapsin was found to be resorbed.