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Chemical composition of the fruit pulp of Caryocar villosum

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  Caryocar villosum is a fruit-bearing tree that grows in Amazonian tropical forests. Its butter-textured, yellowish fruit pulp is much liked by the inhabitants of the region. Analysis of the main ingredients, i.e. carbohydrates, minerals and trace elements and fatty acids as well as the composition of the sterol fraction, the free amino acids, the biogenic amines and volatile compounds are presented.

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  1. Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Lebensmittelchemie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Endenicher Allee 11-13, D-53115 Bonn, Germany, , , , , , DE

    F. Marx

  2. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Departamento de Botânica, CP 399, 66 040-170 Belém, Brazil, , , , , , BR

    Eloisa Helena A. Andrade

  3. Universidade Federal do Pará, Departamento de Química, CP 8600, 66060-060 Belém, Brazil, , , , , , BR

    José Guilherme Maia

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Received: 30 September 1996

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Marx, F., Andrade, E. & Maia, J. Chemical composition of the fruit pulp of Caryocar villosum. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch 204, 442–444 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002170050110

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