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Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods
Agricultural and food waste recycling reduces natural resource losses, contributing significantly to the development of new green markets through the creation of redesigned products. In order to cycle valuable molecules, the peels from Italian cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars were studied and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10340261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37444261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132523 |
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author | Vella, Filomena Monica Calandrelli, Roberto Cautela, Domenico Laratta, Bruna |
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description | Agricultural and food waste recycling reduces natural resource losses, contributing significantly to the development of new green markets through the creation of redesigned products. In order to cycle valuable molecules, the peels from Italian cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars were studied and successfully characterized for high-added biomolecules to verify their possible exploitation as wealthy biomasses. Peels were investigated for their cell wall-modifying and browning enzymes, as well as for total polyphenols, ortho-diphenols, flavonoids, tannins, and antioxidant properties. The results of the analyses displayed great promise in one of the three cultivars investigated. Later on, a preliminary study using the best peel extract as a dietary supplement was carried out by preparing fortified seawater to enhance its antioxidant power. The effects of storage time (60 days) were examined at two temperatures through the determination of the stability of the polyphenol content. The kinetic parameters of degradation were also calculated. The “enriched sea water” retained great antioxidant activity in refrigerated conditions, demonstrating that there is good potential for melon by-products to add their natural compounds for food fortification. These findings may provide valuable data for scale-up, from the lab to the pilot or industrial application. |
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spelling | pubmed-103402612023-07-14 Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods Vella, Filomena Monica Calandrelli, Roberto Cautela, Domenico Laratta, Bruna Foods Article Agricultural and food waste recycling reduces natural resource losses, contributing significantly to the development of new green markets through the creation of redesigned products. In order to cycle valuable molecules, the peels from Italian cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars were studied and successfully characterized for high-added biomolecules to verify their possible exploitation as wealthy biomasses. Peels were investigated for their cell wall-modifying and browning enzymes, as well as for total polyphenols, ortho-diphenols, flavonoids, tannins, and antioxidant properties. The results of the analyses displayed great promise in one of the three cultivars investigated. Later on, a preliminary study using the best peel extract as a dietary supplement was carried out by preparing fortified seawater to enhance its antioxidant power. The effects of storage time (60 days) were examined at two temperatures through the determination of the stability of the polyphenol content. The kinetic parameters of degradation were also calculated. The “enriched sea water” retained great antioxidant activity in refrigerated conditions, demonstrating that there is good potential for melon by-products to add their natural compounds for food fortification. These findings may provide valuable data for scale-up, from the lab to the pilot or industrial application. MDPI 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10340261/ /pubmed/37444261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132523 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vella, Filomena Monica Calandrelli, Roberto Cautela, Domenico Laratta, Bruna Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title | Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title_full | Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title_fullStr | Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title_full_unstemmed | Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title_short | Natural Antioxidant Potential of Melon Peels for Fortified Foods |
title_sort | natural antioxidant potential of melon peels for fortified foods |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10340261/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37444261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12132523 |
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