Objectives. To assess supply and nutritional composition of the salads offered as an entrée main course in the food courts of the shopping centers in Lima, Peru. Materials and methods. The menus of all food franchises present in the food courts of the eleven shopping centers of Lima were reviewed. The nutritional composition of salads offered as an entrée were calculated for calories, protein content, carbohydrates, fats, cholesterol, fiber and sodium, and the adequacy of intake for a dinner (30% of a diet of 2000 kcal). Results. Salads as entrées accounted for 4.7% of the supply, and only 7 out of 17 franchises offered at least one salad. The average cost of the salads was higher than the other dishes ($5.3 vs $4.7; p<0.001). The average calorie content was 329 kcal and 2.7 g fiber; in relation to a dinner, we found a high percentage of adequacy for protein (172.9%), cholesterol (121...

ResumenEl estudio de Carìca stipulata V. M. Badillo nos permitió determinar su composición química y nutritiva demos­trando que es una fuente de minerales como el hierro (2.65 mg/100 g) y magnesio (217.22 mg/100 g), además de la vitamina C (45 mg/100 g) y la pectina (1 mg/100 g). Muestra un bajo valor calórico de 25,06 KCal/100 g de alimentos. Presenta además flavonoles y ácidos fenólicos principalmente ferúlico (25.26 ppm) y cafeico (15.49 ppm). El estudio bioquímico en ratas adultas que ingirieron la pulpa liofilizada del fruto mostró un aumento significati­vo de glucosa sanguínea en el grupo de la dosis de 600 y 300 mg/kg de peso con respecto al grupo control confir­mando que la papaya aumenta los niveles séricos de glu­cosa. Se encontró además una disminución significativa en los niveles de colesterol sérico siendo mayor en el gru­po de 300 mg/kg de peso. Los n...