title: The comparative characteristics of snake and kiwi fruits.
abstract: In the time of globalization many of the tropical fruits can be find at the markets of Europe and North America. Most customers are not familiar with the nutritional and proliferative values of these fruits. Therefore, a less known snake fruit was compared with better known kiwi fruit, using fluorometry, FT-IR spectroscopy, several radical scavenging and proliferative assays and statistical evaluation. It was found similarity between snake fruit (cultivar Sumalee) and kiwi fruit (cultivar Hayward) in the contents of polyphenols (8.15-7.91, mg GAE g(-1) DW), antioxidant values by DPPH (11.28-10.24, microMTE g(-1) DW), and antiproliferative activities on both human cancer cell lines (Calu-6 for human pulmonary carcinoma, and SMU-601 for human gastric carcinoma, 90.5-87.6 and 89.3-87.1%, cell survival, respectively). In conclusion, snake fruit cultivar Sumalee is comparable with kiwi fruit cultivar Hayward. Two fruits can be used as supplements to the normal diet. Consumption of a combination of both fruits could be recommended in order to receive the best results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. gorin@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Shela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorinstein
authors.forename: Ratiporn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haruenkit
authors.forename: Sumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poovarodom
authors.forename: Yong-Seo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Suchada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vearasilp
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suhaj
authors.forename: Kyung-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ham
authors.forename: Buk-Gu
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Ja-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hong Gi
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D029042:Actinidia / Q000737:chemistry*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D005470:Fluorometry; D005609:Free Radicals; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010851:Picrates; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D005609:Free Radicals; D008903:Minerals; D010851:Picrates; D014131:Trace Elements; C004931:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl