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<journal-id>2224-6185</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Tecnología Química]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[RTQ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2224-6185</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Oriente]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del efecto gelificante del agar de Gracilaria debilis en la elaboración de una salsa a base de tomate]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of the gelling effect of Gracilaria debilis agar in the preparation of a tomato-based sauce]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Quintero-Ramirez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maribel]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Osorio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cordero-Silva]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-Quintero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Experimental &#8220;Francisco de Miranda&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Punto Fijo-Venezuela</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Experimental &#8220;Francisco de Miranda&#8221; Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas. ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Coro-Venezuela</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>690</fpage>
<lpage>704</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2224-61852020000300690&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2224-61852020000300690&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2224-61852020000300690&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En la presente investigacion se evaluó el efecto gelificante del agar de Gracilaria debilis en la elaboración de una salsa a base de tomate, para lo cual a las algas luego de recolectadas lavadas y secadas, se les aplicó tratamiento alcalino con NaOH 0,04 mol/L, el agar extraido de G. debilis tuvo un rendimiento de 2,4±0,3 %, los análisis: punto de gelificación (37,3±0,6 ºC), punto de fusión (78,3±0,6 ºC) y fuerza de gel (256,8±3,5 g/cm2), se encuentran en los intervalos de calidad de agar reportados por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO). Con el agar y una salsa madre preparada con cebolla, sal, vinagre, especias y tomates previamente escaldados y sin semillas, se elaboraron tres salsas a base de tomate (S1, S2 y S3) con concentraciones de 0,5; 1,0 y 1,5 %p/p de agar respectivamente. El análisis sensorial indicó que S2 con 1,0 % de agar fue la más aceptable. El índice de viscosidad de S2 fue de -729,7±9,8 g.s, el cual no es significativamente diferente al valor de una salsa comercial estudiada (-766,3±15,6 g·s). Las concentraciones de agar influyeron únicamente en el parámetro índice de viscosidad ajustándose a una ecuación lineal con R²=0,996. Al ser el agar un producto de gran utilidad a nivel industrial, se espera que su utilización como gelificante en salsa a base de tomate, promueva su elaboración, incentivando la producción nacional y disminuyendo la dependencia de importación de gelificante.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In the present investigation, the gelling effect of Gracilaria debilis agar was evaluated in the preparation of a tomato-based sauce, for which the algae after being collected, washed and dried, were applied alkaline treatment with NaOH 0,04 mol/L. The agar extracted from G. debilis had a yield of 2.,4±0,3%, the analysis: gelation point (37,3±0,6 °C), melting point (78,3±0,6 °C) and gel strength (256,8±3,5 g/cm2) are within the agar quality ranges reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). With the agar and a mother sauce prepared with onion, salt, vinegar, spices and tomatoes previously blanched and without seeds, three tomato-based sauces (S1, S2, and S3) were prepared with concentrations of 0,5; 1,0 and 1,5% w/w agar respectively. Sensory analysis indicated that S2 with 1,0% agar was the most acceptable. The viscosity index of S2 was -729,7±9,8 g.s, which is not significantly different from the value of a commercial sauce studied (-766,3±15,6 g·s). Agar concentrations influenced only the viscosity index parameter by adjusting to a linear equation with R² = 0,996. As the agar is a product of great utility at the industrial level, its use as a gelling agent in a tomato-based sauce is expected to promote its elaboration, encouraging national production and reducing the dependence on the importation of gelling agent.]]></p></abstract>
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