Abstract In this work were determining the total phenolic content, total flavonoids and antioxidant capacity in formulations of red fruit juice supplemented with different concentrations of aqueous extract of Brazilian green propolis. And, also was investigate the formulation sensory acceptance by volunteers’ consumers. The addition of propolis to red fruit juice increased the content of total phenolic compounds and flavonoids, enhanced the antioxidant activity of the final product as assessed by radical scavenging DPPH and ABTS and FRAP methods, and no negative effect on consumer taste. All red fruit juice formulations containing propolis presented significant results through overall acceptability test and were approved in relation to purchase intent by the volunteer consumers. Formulation F3 (6.1 mg.mL-1) showed the best results. The antioxidant activity increment was proportional to the concentration of aqueous green propolis extracts added to the juice. The positive purchase intention reached up 64.75% of participants' acceptance. A new, sugar-free drink with pleasurable sensory and functional properties, combined with health benefits, has been obtained.

O uso da soja [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] na alimentação humana tem encontrado dificuldades devido ao seu sabor característico (beany flavor), que é derivado da ação das lipoxigenases (EC 1.13.11.12). Ao contrário das lipoxigenases de sementes de soja, que têm sido extensivamente estudadas, a diversidade e características das lipoxigenases de folhas não estão totalmente elucidadas. Sabe-se que além de sua atividade catalítica, as lipoxigenases de folhas estão envolvidas no armazenamento temporário de nitrogênio e na resposta da planta ao estresse. Com o objetivo de investigar o efeito da remoção dos primórdios florais na atividade das lipoxigenases de folhas de soja, foram utilizados dois genótipos de soja: IAC-100, uma variedade com presença de lipoxigenases na semente e IAC-100 TN, uma linhagem com ausência completa de lipoxigenases na semente. Por meio de dados da cinética enzimática, foram constatados dois picos mais acentuados de atividade em pH 5,0 e 6,5, com temperatura ótima de 25ºC. Para ambos os genótipos, as atividades foram maiores nos tratamentos que nos respectivos controles. Os valores de KM app aos 16 dias, nas plantas-controle, foram semelhantes para os dois genótipos, sugerindo não haver influência da manipulação genética das lipoxigenases na semente em relação à expressão dos genes que codificam as lipoxigenases de folhas. No entanto, os valores de KM app foram diferentes entre a fase vegetativa e a reprodutiva, em ambos genótipos, indicando pools distintos de isoenzimas lipoxigenases entre as duas fases.

The use of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] as human food has been encountered difficulties due to beany flavor. The beany flavour is originated from lipoxygenases (EC 1.13.11.12). Soybean seed lipoxygenases have been extensively studied, however, the diversity and characteristics of lipoxygenases present in leaves are still being studied. Besides its catalytic activity, lipoxygenases from soybean leaves have been implicated in temporary nitrogen storage and response to stress. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the effect of floral primordial elimination (sink deprivation) on soybean leaves lipoxygenases activity. Two different genotypes differing in the presence (IAC-100) or absence (IAC-100 TN) of LOX in their seeds were used. The enzymatic kinetics analysis showed two pronounced peaks of activity at pH 5 and 6.5, with optimal temperature of 25ºC. The KM app values were similar for both genotypes suggesting that there was not effect of genetic manipulation of seeds lipoxygenases on genes expression that code for leave lipoxygenases. However, the KM app values were different between the vegetative and reproductive development stage, suggesting that there are differents pool of lipoxygenases between the two stages.

Isolou-se uma lectina a partir do extrato salino da fava dos frutos de Caesalpinia tinctoria mediante dialofiltração e cromatografia de afinidade em coluna de quitina. A lectina purificada foi caracterizada parcialmente com relação às suas propriedades bioquímicas e estruturais, e classificada como um glicopeptídio contendo 8,3 % de carboidratos, aglutinando hemácias do grupo ABO. Sua composição em aminoácidos foi caracterizada por grande número de resíduos ácidos e hidrofóbicos, e sua massa molecular, estimada em 12,5 kDa. A análise do grupo N-terminal mostrou a homogeneidade da lectina, cuja seqüência dos 21 resíduos iniciais é a seguinte: D¹-V-P-A-Y-V-Y-V-H-F10-G-F-G-E-E-H-R-D-V-F 20-D. O espectro de dicroísmo circular da lectina na região do UV distante indicou a presença de 10 % de a-hélice; 38 % de folhas b; 19 % de voltas b; 28 % de estruturas desordenadas e 6 % da conformação P II (hélice poli-L-prolina II).

A lectin was isolated from the pod saline extract of Caesalpinia tinctoria by dialoconcentration on Centripep-10 and affinity chromatography on chitin column. The purified lectin was partially characterized with respect to its biochemical and structural properties. It contains 8.3 % of carbohydrate and exhibited an agglutinating activity against human erythrocytes (ABO groups). Its amino acid composition was characterized by a great number of acidic and hydrophobic residues and the estimated molecular mass was 12.5 kDa. The presence of only one N-terminal amino acid sequence (D¹-V-P-A-Y-V-Y-V-H-F10-G-F-G-E-E-H-R -D-V-F20-D), showed the homogeneity of the purified lectin. The far-ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of lectin indicated that it contains 10 % a-helix, 38 % b-sheet, 28 % unordered form and 6 % of P II (poly-L-proline II helix conformation).