Perspectives for application of jabuticaba and its residues

Abstract

Native tropical fruits have received increasing prominence for being rich sources of bioactive compounds that can add value to industrial processing, in the agricultural sector, and biological and chemical studies. Accordingly, jabuticaba is Brazilian tropical fruit with high growth in the market, with great potential for application in sectors that use anthocyanins and phenolic compounds at some stage of processing. This scenario's perception motivated the development of the present bibliometric study to collect and analyze data extracted from the Scopus platform on the use of jabuticaba and its residues in different applications. The papers were evaluated for annual publication profile, geographical distribution, keywords, research subject areas, most productive journals and authors, most cited papers, and hot issues on selected literature. Among the articles analyzed, Brazil led the ranking of documents registered on the theme, whose growth outlook is optimistic for the coming years, especially with the knowledge of the jabuticaba tree's cultivation and needs. Keywords analysis confirmed the potentiality of the jabuticaba due to its phenolic compounds, opening space for discussion of its benefits in the areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine and Nursing.