Evaluation of Cocoa Bean Shell Antimicrobial Activity: A Tentative Assay Using a Metabolomic Approach for Active Compound Identification.

Cocoa bean shell is one of the main by-products of chocolate manufacturing and possesses several compounds with biofunctionalities. It can function as an antibacterial agent, and its action is mostly reported against . However, only a few studies have investigated the cocoa bean shell compounds responsible for this activity.