Valorization of Bio-Residues from the Processing of Main Portuguese Fruit Crops: From Discarded Waste to Health Promoting Compounds

Food processing generates a large amount of bio-residues, which have become the focus of different studies aimed at valorizing this low-cost source of bioactive compounds. High fruit consumption is associated with beneficial health effects and, therefore, bio-waste and its constituents arouse therap...

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Published inMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 9; p. 2624
Main Authors Pascoalino, Liege A, Reis, Filipa S, Prieto, Miguel A, Barreira, João C M, Ferreira, Isabel C F R, Barros, Lillian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 30.04.2021
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Subjects
Agricultural wastes
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antimicrobial agents
Antioxidants
apple
bio-residues
Bioactive compounds
Biological activity
By products
Carbohydrates
Citrus fruits
Constituents
Consumers
Consumption
Cosmetics
Crops
Energy
Food processing
Food processing industry
Food waste
Fruit crops
Fruits
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
Inflammation
orange
pear
Pharmaceuticals
Portuguese fruit crops
Residues
Review
Portugal
bio-residues
orange
apple
bioactive compounds
pear
Portuguese fruit crops
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Summary:Food processing generates a large amount of bio-residues, which have become the focus of different studies aimed at valorizing this low-cost source of bioactive compounds. High fruit consumption is associated with beneficial health effects and, therefore, bio-waste and its constituents arouse therapeutic interest. The present work focuses on the main Portuguese fruit crops and revises (i) the chemical constituents of apple, orange, and pear pomace as potential sources of functional/bioactive compounds; (ii) the bioactive evidence and potential therapeutic use of bio-waste generated in the processing of the main Portuguese fruit crops; and (iii) potential applications in the food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. The current evidence of the effect of these bio-residues as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial agents is also summarized. Conclusions of the revised data are that these bio-wastes hold great potential to be employed in specific nutritional and pharmaceutical applications.
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ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules26092624