Abstract
Purpose
The pomegranate tissues investigated in this study included pomegranate peel (PP), pomegranate seed (PS), pomegranate mesocarp (PM), and pomegranate juice (PJ).
Methods
The total contents of phenolics (TPC), flavonoids (TFC), and hydrolysable tannins (HTC) of pomegranate tissues were analyzed. The individual phenolics of pomegranate tissues were identified by LC–ESI–MS/MS and catechin and ellagic acid was found as the main phenolics in the four tissues. Interrelationship among the results was performed by using principal component analysis (PCA).
Results
According to antioxidant results performed by DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, and CUPRAC, PP was to be rich in antioxidant agents in comparison to PM, PS, and PJ. Pomegranate tissues had remarkable effect on anti-α-glucosidase activity compared to their anti- amylase activity. Four tissues exhibited different antimicrobial activity against pathogens, including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus Aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida albicans, Austromerope brasiliensis. The multivariate application of the results allowed the reduction of the data to two uncorrelated principal components consisting of 99% of the total variance.
Conclusion
Pomegranate is not just considered as a source of juice. Its wastes could be also evaluated in different industry because of their high biological activity.
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Alsataf, S., Başyiğit, B. & Karaaslan, M. Multivariate Analyses of the Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Antimicrobial Activity of Pomegranate Tissues with Respect to Pomegranate Juice. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 5909–5921 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01427-9
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