FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (19): 385-389.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201019085

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Extraction of Antioxidants from Peels and Application in Food: a review

ZHU Jun,ZHANG Xiao-juan,CHANG Si-si,JIANG Yong   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Research and Development, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
    Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2010-06-30 Revised:2010-09-07 Online:2010-10-15 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: ZHU Jun E-mail:zhujun@butbu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Abundant antioxidant compounds exist in a variety of fruit peels and can be used in food as natural antioxidants. The extraction methods of antioxidants such as flavonoids, polyphenols, polysaccharides and vitamin C, their antioxidant properties and applications in food are discussed in this paper.

Key words: peel, antioxidant, extraction;food

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