title: Bioactive Compounds Found in Brazilian Cerrado Fruits.
abstract: Functional foods include any natural product that presents health-promoting effects, thereby reducing the risk of chronic diseases. Cerrado fruits are considered a source of bioactive substances, mainly phenolic compounds, making them important functional foods. Despite this, the losses of natural vegetation in the Cerrado are progressive. Hence, the knowledge propagation about the importance of the species found in Cerrado could contribute to the preservation of this biome. This review provides information about Cerrado fruits and highlights the structures and pharmacologic potential of functional compounds found in these fruits. Compounds detected in Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (pequi), Dipteryx alata Vog. (baru), Eugenia dysenterica DC. (cagaita), Eugenia uniflora L. (pitanga), Genipa americana L. (jenipapo), Hancornia speciosa Gomes (mangaba), Mauritia flexuosa L.f. (buriti), Myrciaria cauliflora (DC) Berg (jabuticaba), Psidium guajava L. (goiaba), Psidium spp. (araçá), Solanum lycocarpum St. Hill (lobeira), Spondias mombin L. (cajá), Annona crassiflora Mart. (araticum), among others are reported here.
authors.affiliation: Henrique Santillo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás CEP 75132-903, Brasil. elisaflavia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Bailão
authors.affiliation: Henrique Santillo, Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás CEP 75132-903, Brasil. ivano.devilla@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ivano Alessandro
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Devilla
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Pesquisa em Produtos Naturais, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605-170, Brasil. ecardosoufg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Edemilson Cardoso
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: da Conceição
authors.affiliation: Escola de Ciências Médicas, Farmacêuticas e Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605-010, Brasil. leonardoquimica@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Leonardo Luiz
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Borges
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols
keywords: Brazilian savanna; functional foods; phenolic compounds; secondary metabolites