Extração, atividade da bromelina e análise de alguns parâmetros químicos em cultivares de abacaxi Extraction, bromelain activity and analysis of some chemical parameters in pineapple varieties from Paraíba

Diante dos riscos e das limitações advindos do cultivo exclusivo de abacaxizeiros Pérola e Smooth Cayenne e visando à variabilidade genética, o Estado da Paraíba estuda material genético diversificado: os híbridos Emepa-01, Imperial e MD-2. objetivando a caracterização destes novos híbridos, avaliaram-se alguns parâmetros químicos e a atividade da bromelina nas polpas e nas cascas de todas as cultivares. o abacaxi Smooth Cayenne apresentou o menor pH (3,44 para polpa e 3,91 para a casca) e a maior acidez titulável (0,56g de ácido cítrico para 100g de polpa e 0,52g de ácido cítrico para 100g de casca), sendo a cultivar mais ácida. Dentre as polpas, as dos abacaxis Pérola e Smooth Cayenne contiveram níveis de açúcares redutores, não redutores e totais significativamente maiores (pDue to the risks and limitations which has come from exclusive cultivation of Pérola and Smooth Cayenne - pineapple plant - and aiming genetic variability, the state of Paraiba provides diversified genetic material cultivating the hybrids Emepa - 01, Imperial and MD-2 pineapple varieties. Aiming the biochemical characterization of those new hybrids, some biochemical parameters were determined: pulp and rind of those cultivars including bromelain activity. Smooth Cayenne pineapple had introduced the smallest pH (3,44 for pulp and 3,91 for rind) and the biggest titled acidity (0,56g of citric acid for 100g of pulp and 0,52g of citric acid for 100g of rind), being the most acid cultivar. Among the pulps the Pérola and the Smooth Cayenne varieties presented levels of reduced, non-reduced and total sugar significantly higher (p<0,05) than the hybrids, in spite of having more elevated values (bigger than 30,00) of the ratio of soluble solids to titled acidity, consequently resulted on a better acceptation by consumers. The crude extract of the Imperial cultivar had the biggest proteolytic activity and protein content in the pulp (56,41 U/ml and 7,50 mg of protein/mL) as well as in the rind (68,56 U/mL and 10,40 mg of protein/mL). For the specific activity, the rind of Pérola pineapple (10,01 U/mg of protein) provided more significantly elevated value (p