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Artigos em Revista

Tipo de Documento
Artigo Completo

Título
Proximate biochemical composition and mineral content of edible species from the genus Cystoseira in Portugal

Participantes na publicação
Catarina Vizetto-Duarte (Author)
Luísa Custódio (Author)
Luísa Barreira (Author)
Manuela Moreira da Silva (Author)
Amélia P. Rauter (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQB
Fernando Albericio (Author)
João Varela (Author)

Resumo
Macroalgae are valuable resources for human consumption in many countries. This work reports for the first time a comparative evaluation of the nutritional properties of five edible macroalgae from the genus Cystoseira, namely C. humilis, C. tamariscifolia, C. nodicaulis, C. compressa and C. baccata. For this purpose, their proximate composition was determined in terms of moisture, ash, and total contents of protein, lipids, carbohydrates and mineral profile. Cystoseira tamariscifolia and C. baccata were the species that in general had the higher ash, protein and lipid contents, while the highest levels of moisture and total carbohydrates were detected in C. nodicaulis and C. compressa. Cystoseira species had also high amounts of minerals, especially of potassium, calcium and iron, and a favorable Na/K ratio. The present study shows that Cystoseira has a balanced nutritional composition, suitable for human consumption, and that its intake can contribute to a healthy and well-balanced diet.


Instituição
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Suporte
Botanica Marina

Identificadores da Publicação
ISSN - 1437-4323

Editora
Walter de Gruyter GmbH



Identificadores do Documento
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0014
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0014

Identificadores de Qualidade
SCIMAGO Q2 (2016) - 0,461 - Plant Sciences

Keywords
Brown algae Cystoseira Minerals Nutritional profile Proximate composition

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