Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40843958›Full record

ArticleJournal of food science2025

Phytochemical and Antioxidant Profile of Pitaya (Hylocereus hybridum) Fruits: Elucidation Through Chemical Fractionation.

Noemi Gatti, Graziella Serio, Jaime Morante-Carriel, Pietro Deusebio, Giulia Conti, Campo Eva, Moez Maghrebi, Carla Gentile, Giuseppe Mannino

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of food science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Efficacy of Watercress (Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Noemi GattiDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Graziella SerioDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Italy.
Jaime Morante-CarrielPlant Proteomics and Functional Genomics Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Soil and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Pietro DeusebioDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Giulia ContiDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Campo EvaDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Moez MaghrebiDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Carla GentileDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-3342
Giuseppe ManninoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-978X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing global demand for diverse and health-promoting foods has led to the expansion of tropical fruit cultivation beyond their native regions, notably into the Mediterranean area. This shift necessitates a deeper understanding of their phytochemical profiles, as environmental factors in new cultivation contexts can significantly influence the biosynthesis of their bioactive compounds. In this study, we explored the phytochemical and antioxidant properties of pitaya fruit, focusing on chemical fractionation and the link between its bioactive components and functional benefits. Using HPLC-DAD-MS/MS, key compounds contributing to the fruit's antioxidant effects were identified. The total polyphenol content (TPC) in the original pitaya extract was 670.57 ± 15.98 mg 100 g

Indexed as

AntioxidantsCactaceaeFruitPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsChemical FractionationChromatography, High Pressure LiquidFlavonoidsOxidative StressPolyphenolsTandem Mass SpectrometryAntioxidantsFlavonoidsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsbetalainscellular antioxidant activitychemical partitioningDNA protection assayHPLC‐DAD‐MS/MS

Identifiers

PMID40843958
PMCPMC12371859

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.