Evaluation of antioxidant activity of five ecotypes of Peach palm

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the pulp and roots of five peach palm ecotypes grown in the INIA-Loreto germplasm bank, from two basins of the Tigre river (203.3, 204-1 and 213-2), and from the Napo River (174-3 and 173-2). The evaluation of the antioxidant activity was carried out by means of the free radical sequestration of DPPH. According to their morphological characteristics, the palms from the Tigre river would be from the Mesocarpa race and those from the Napo river, from the Macrocarpa race. The best antioxidant activities are observed in the roots of ecotypes 174-3 and 203-3.