%0 Journal Article
%T By-products of fruits processing as a source of phytochemicals
%A Sonja Djilas
%A Jasna £¿anadanovi£¿-Brunet
%A Gordana £¿etkovi£¿
%J Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly
%D 2009
%I Association of the Chemical Engineers
%X The processing of fruits results in high amounts of waste materials such as peels, seeds, stones, and oilseed meals. A disposal of these materials usually represents a problem that is further aggravated by legal restrictions. Thus new aspects concerning the use of these wastes as by-products for further exploitation on the production of food additives or supplements with high nutritional value have gained increasing interest because these are high-value products and their recovery may be economically attractive. It is well known that by-products represent an important source of sugars, minerals, organic acid, dietary fibre and phenolics which have a wide range of action which includes antitumoral, antiviral, antibacterial, cardioprotective and antimutagenic activities. This review discusses the potential of the most important by-products of apple, grape and citrus fruits processing as a source of valuable compounds. The relevance of this topic is illustrated by a number of references.
%K by-products of fruits processing
%K apple
%K grape
%K citrus fruits
%K phytochemicals phenolics
%U http://www.ache.org.rs/CICEQ/2009/No4/CICEQ_Vol15_%20No4_pp191-202_Oct-Dec_2009.pdf