Potential of Fruit Wastes as Natural Resources of Bioactive Compounds

Fruit wastes are one of the main sources of municipal waste. In order to explore the potential of fruit wastes as natural resources of bioactive compounds, the antioxidant potency and total phenolic contents (TPC) of lipophilic and hydrophilic components in wastes (peel and seed) of 50 fruits were systematically evaluated. The results showed that different fruit residues had diverse antioxidant potency and the variation was very large. Furthermore, the main bioactive compounds were identified and quantified, and catechin, cyanidin 3-glucoside, epicatechin, galangin, gallic acid, homogentisic acid, kaempferol, and chlorogenic acid were widely found in these residues. Especially, the values of ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and TPC in the residues were higher than in pulps. The results showed that fruit residues could be inexpensive and readily available resources of bioactive compounds for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  International Journal of Molecular Sciences

• Publication date

  2012-07-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/ijms13078308PMID 22942704PMCID 3430235
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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