Moroccan Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Fruits: Nutritional Value and Mineral Composition

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dc.creatorAit Ihaj, Zakaria
dc.creatorBchitou, Rahma
dc.creatorGaboun, Fatima
dc.creatorAbdelwahd, Rabha
dc.creatorBenabdelouahab, Tarik
dc.creatorKabbour, Mohammed Rachid
dc.creatorPare, Paul (TTU)
dc.creatorDiria, Ghizlane
dc.creatorBakhy, Khadija
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T17:14:08Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T17:14:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.), grown throughout the Mediterranean, produces edible fruit; as it is easily bruised, the sweet, reddish fruit is used mostly to prepare jams, marmalades and alcoholic beverages. As the genus is paraphyletic, phytochemical analysis can assist in defining the fruit composition with the species Arbutus unedo L. (A. unedo). Here we report on the carbohydrate, total sugar, protein, fat, fiber, ash, and mineral content of wild fruit, harvested from 45 specimens from five locations. The dominant nutrients were carbohydrates (78.2–84.8 g/100 g), total sugars (52.1–67.2 g/100 g) and dietary fiber (11.0–20.1 g/100 g). Other important nutrients supplied by A. unedo fruit include P, K, and Fe. The fruit was observed to contain health-promoting components providing 42 and 36%, of recommended daily allowance (RDA) for fiber and zinc, respectively, as well as iron and manganese, at levels exceeding minimum RDA. The free-sugar profile revealed high glucose followed by fructose content with minor amounts of sucrose (14, 11, and 6 g/100 g, respectively). Significant differences both between regions and within individuals were observed for several traits. The richness of fruit nutrients in A. unedo confers nutritional value and as such, a promising alternative fruit source.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAit lhaj Z, Bchitou R, Gaboun F, Abdelwahd R, Benabdelouahab T, Kabbour MR, Pare P, Diria G, Bakhy K. Moroccan Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Fruits: Nutritional Value and Mineral Composition. Foods. 2021; 10(10):2263. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102263en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/foods10102263
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/90184
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectArbutus unedo L.en_US
dc.subjectParaphyletic Variabilityen_US
dc.subjectWild Edible Fruiten_US
dc.subjectNutritional Valueen_US
dc.subjectMineral Compositionen_US
dc.titleMoroccan Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Fruits: Nutritional Value and Mineral Compositionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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