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Degradation kinetics and in vitro digestive stability of selected bioactive compounds from a beverage formulated with butterfly pea flowers

Cinética de degradação e estabilidade digestiva in vitro de compostos bioativos selecionados de uma bebida formulada com flores de feijão borborleta

ABSTRACT:

This study evaluated the effects of temperature on the pH of extracts of ascorbic acid and anthocyanins from petals of butterfly pea, as well as their in vitro digestive stability in model systems at 60, 70, and 80 °C. The pH values significantly decreased with an increase in the temperature (P < 0.05). The findings were similar for the degradation of anthocyanins and ascorbic acid, which followed first-order kinetics in all the systems. The samples heated at 80 °C presented the highest degradation rate (kobs), as well as higher percentages of degradation at the end of digestive stability in vitro.

Key words:
thermal stability; anthocyanin; ascorbic acid; Clitoria ternatea L.; digestive stability.

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