The use of sorghum in human nutrition has been expanded due to its nutritional composition and its functional potential. Extrusion has been used to improve the quality of sorghum. The aim of this work was to assess the effect of extrusion in the nutritional composition, phenolic compounds content of two sorghum, and characterize the profile of chemical constituents by paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS). Extrusion increased the carbohydrate and fiber contents and reduced moisture, lipids and ashes, and enabling a higher degree of liberation of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity. The fingerprint obtained in both ionization modes had been influenced by extrusion, allowing for a greater compounds’ identification on the extruded samples. The analysis of sorghum samples’ main components made distinguishing of the main constituents possible, as well as highlighted the extrusion effect and the influence of the genotypes. This study demonstrated that extrusion enabling a higher liberation of phenolic compounds, which were identified by the PS-MS technique.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da concentração de soluções de sacarose, sucralose e açúcar invertido sobre a cinética da desidratação osmótica de pedaços de goiaba. Frações de 1/12 do fruto foram imersas em soluções de sacarose a 0,5 e 0,4 g mL-1; de sacarose a 0,3 g mL-1 + sucralose a 0,2 g L-1 e em xarope de açúcar invertido, a 50 ºC, por 2 h, sob agitação de 60 min. A solução de açúcar invertido promoveu maior perda de água e redução de massa nas amostras de goiaba submetidas à desidratação osmótica. O melhor desempenho foi obtido para o tratamento em solução de sacarose a 0,4 g mL-1; com perda de água e redução de massa semelhantes aos valores obtidos na imersão em solução de sacarose a 0,5 g mL-1 e ganho de sólidos similar ao observado em solução de sacarose a 0,3 g mL-1.

The present work aimed at investigating the effect of sucrose, sucralose and inverted sugar solutions on the kinetics of osmotic dehydration of guava pieces. The fruits were cut in twelfths and immersed in sucrose solutions at 0.5 and 0.4 g mL-1; of sucrose at 0.3 g mL-1 + sucralose at 0.2 g L-1 and in inverted sugar syrup for 2 h at 50 ºC, under agitation of 60 min. The undiluted inverted sugar solution promoted the highest levels of water loss and weight reduction in osmo-dehydrated guava pieces. The best overall performance was achieved by immersing guava pieces in sucrose solutions at 0.4 g mL-1 which led to water loss and mass reduction of similar values attained with sucrose solutions at 0.5 g mL-1; whereas maintaining the same level of solids gain achieved with sucrose solutions at 0.3 g mL-1.