Table 2.
Initial content (mg/100 g weight) and in vitro bioaccessibility of betalains and phenolic compounds in HHP-treated (100 MPa, 350 MPa, 600 MPa; CUT and 5 min) Sanguinos and Pelota prickly pear pulps and in untreated (control) pulps.
| Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) Pulps | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanguinos | Pelota | ||||
| Treatment | Pulp (mg/100 g Weight) 1 | Bioaccessibility (%) | Pulp (mg/100 g Weight) 1 | Bioaccessibility (%) | |
| Indicaxanthin | Control | 0.90 ± 0.05a | 53.05 ± 3.01c | 3.92 ± 0.24c | 54.87 ± 2.49bc |
| 100 MPa/CUT | 0.73 ± 0.05a | 40.93 ± 3.27b | 3.62 ± 0.17bc | 52.81 ± 5.17bc | |
| 350 MPa/CUT | 0.90 ± 0.07a | 44.81 ± 2.24bc* | 5.38 ± 0.05d | 64.83 ± 5.19c | |
| 600 MPa/CUT | 0.72 ± 0.06a | 25.30 ± 2.02a* | 2.85 ± 0.16ab | 36.78 ± 2.94a | |
| 100 MPa/5 min | 0.86 ± 0.07a | 28.84 ± 2.31a* | 3.51 ± 0.14bc | 46.87 ± 3.28ab | |
| 350 MPa/5 min | 0.84 ± 0.06a | 46.98 ± 3.29bc | 3.21 ± 0.08abc | 55.38 ± 2.22bc | |
| 600 MPa/5 min | 0.71 ± 0.01a | 22.33 ± 1.79a* | 2.65 ± 0.50a | 43.12 ± 3.45ab | |
| Betanin | Control | 2.05 ± 0.02a | 42.49 ± 2.69c | 27.91 ± 0.45ab | 44.92 ± 1.52ab |
| 100 MPa/CUT | 1.80 ± 0.07a | 35.10 ± 2.81bc | 28.44 ± 0.73ab | 48.50 ± 4.74b | |
| 350 MPa/CUT | 2.32 ± 0.23a | 43.01 ± 3.44c | 35.02 ± 0.00b | 50.65 ± 4.05b | |
| 600 MPa/CUT | 2.14 ± 0.22a | 28.67 ± 1.43ab* | 27.93 ± 1.64ab | 39.23 ± 3.14ab | |
| 100 MPa/5 min | 1.98 ± 0.14a | 25.98 ± 1.82ab* | 26.44 ± 1.79a | 35.21 ± 2.46a | |
| 350 MPa/5 min | 2.19 ± 0.23a | 69.57 ± 5.57d* | 25.79 ± 0.27a | 65.88 ± 2.64c | |
| 600 MPa/5 min | 2.02 ± 0.23a | 20.51 ± 1.64a* | 24.79 ± 4.91a | 46.95 ± 3.76ab | |
| Piscidic acid | Control | 58.43 ± 3.53a | 53.61 ± 4.29ab* | 195.63 ± 1.48a | 38.49 ± 3.08a |
| 100 MPa/CUT | 63.32 ± 7.10a | 56.66 ± 4.53abc* | 255.44 ± 15.40bc | 82.25 ± 6.58cd | |
| 350 MPa/CUT | 71.46 ± 1.26ab | 58.61 ± 3.44abc | 223.96 ± 3.82ab | 62.71 ± 5.02bc | |
| 600 MPa/CUT | 92.66 ± 9.61b | 65.68 ± 5.25bc | 311.03 ± 17.41d | 71.56 ± 3.58bcd | |
| 100 MPa/5 min | 62.78 ± 1.89a | 73.70 ± 1.05cd* | 235.34 ± 15.86abc | 54.39 ± 3.81ab | |
| 350 MPa/5 min | 73.82 ± 8.70ab | 89.36 ± 7.15d | 273.68 ± 2.09bc | 106.20 ± 8.50e | |
| 600 MPa/5 min | 81.97 ± 9.50ab | 42.40 ± 3.39a* | 287.35 ± 29.07cd | 88.43 ± 7.07de | |
| 4-hydrozybenzoic acid glycoside | Control | 1.25 ± 0.13a | 20.00 ± 1.60a | 4.47 ± 1.17a | 17.00 ± 1.36a |
| 100 MPa/CUT | 1.54 ± 0.40ab | 28.53 ± 2.79b | 5.76 ± 0.45ab | 25.89 ± 2.07b | |
| 350 MPa/CUT | 1.87 ± 0.17abc | 27.43 ± 2.19ab | 4.09 ± 0.03a | 21.09 ± 1.24ab | |
| 600 MPa/CUT | 2.48 ± 0.28c | 20.28 ± 1.62a | 9.87 ± 0.47c | 16.76 ± 1.34a | |
| 100 MPa/5 min | 1.60 ± 0.07ab | 22.10 ± 1.55ab | 7.69 ± 0.84bc | 22.81 ± 1.82ab | |
| 350 MPa/5 min | 2.18 ± 0.07bc | 47.13 ± 1.89c | 6.70 ± 0.14ab | 38.44 ± 3.08c | |
| 600 MPa/5 min | 2.19 ± 0.27bc | 19.18 ± 1.53a* | 8.38 ± 1.69bc | 37.48 ± 3.00c | |
Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between treatments. * Indicates statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in bioaccessibility between Pelota and Sanguinos varieties. 1 Data previously reported [11].