2023-03-312023-03-312021COSTA, Danilo Furtado da. Determinação de compostos bioativos do extrato da semente de maracujá (Passiflora edulis) liofilizada. Orientadora: Orquídea Vasconcelos dos Santos. 2021. 71 f. Trabalho de Curso (Bacharelado em Nutrição)-Faculdade de Nutrição, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2021. Disponível em: https://bdm.ufpa.br:8443/jspui/handle/prefix/5470. Acesso em:.https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/5470Chronic non­communicable diseases (NCDs) have a major epidemiological and economic impact worldwide. The main ones that promote more than 80% of premature deaths annually from CNCDs are cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes mellitus, cancer and chronic respiratory disease. To reduce this prevalence, the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits is necessary, including proper nutrition. In this context, the consumption of functional foods usually provides important health benefits, such as prevention of CNCDs. As potential ingredients of functional foods are the residues from the fruit pulp industry, which are inappropriately dumped into the environment in most cases. As an example of these residues, there are the passion fruit seeds, which are referred to as a source of bioactive compounds. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the content of phenolic compounds in passion fruit seed extract (Passiflora edulis) in vitro. The passion fruit seed samples were obtained from passion fruit acquired in the Ver­o­Peso market, in Belém, Pará State. Subsequently, the seeds were separated from the fruit, freeze­dried and characterized in terms of morphology, aspects physicochemical and bioactive compounds contents. The results obtained reinforced the presence of bioactive compounds indicated in other studies with the passion fruit seed. In this study, 83.63 ± 16 mcg/100g of β­carotene were found; 614.82 ± 69 mg AGE/100g of total phenolic compounds; 55.53 ± 0.76 mg/100g of flavonoids; 0.006 ± 0.0004 mg/100g of anthocyanins; 98.72 ± 18.80 mg/100g of chlorophyll a; 181.30 ± 34.20 mg/100g of chlorophyll b; 53.11 ± 8.40 mg/100g of lycopene. It is concluded that passion fruit seed is an important source of bioactive compounds beneficial to health, adding value to the by­product for possible use as a functional ingredient, stimulating its use by the food industry, with an impact on reducing disposal into the environment.Acesso AbertoPassiflora edulisSemente de maracujáCompostos bioativosPassion fruit seedBioactive compoundsCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRIÇÃOTrabalho de Curso - Graduação - Monografia