Chemical composition of Sicana odorifera (vell.) Naudin epicarp Artigo de Conferência uri icon

resumo

  • Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin, belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, is a fruit probably native to Brazil, also found in other Latin America countries [1,2]. This fruit presents a rigid purple- black inedible epicarp, considered as a bioresidue after the fruit processing, but which could be an interesting source of bioactive compounds, mainly anthocyanins [1,2]. In order to provide a valorization of this bioresidue, the present work sought to determine part of the chemical composition, namely tocopherols, organic acids and phenolic compounds, including anthocyanins, present in the epicarp of S. odorífera.

data de publicação

  • junho 2021