Publications by authors named "Nagarajan Jayesree"
Food processing waste is a potential resource of a variety of bioactive compounds. Carrot peel is a good example of phytonutrient-rich agroindustrial byproducts generated from the processing of carrots. The conventional methods for the extraction of phytonutrients typically involve large volume of organic solvents, complex procedures and expensive equipment.
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- - Agro-industrial waste, like tomato pomace, is a valuable source of bioactive compounds such as carotenoids and pectin, but traditional extraction methods are inefficient and resource-intensive.
- - A new extraction method using carotenoid-pectin complexation in water was developed, yielding up to 9.43 mg of carotenoids per 100 g of tomato pomace, with a high purity of 92%.
- - This innovative method not only provides comparable extraction efficiency and antioxidant capacity to conventional methods but also presents an eco-friendly option for utilizing agro waste products.
The redfleshed pulp discarded from pink guava puree industry is a rich source of lycopene and pectin. In this study, we developed a facile extraction process employing water as the primary extraction medium to isolate the lycopene and pectin from pink guava decanter. When the decanter was suspended in water, the complexation of lycopene and pectin formed the cloudy solution, where the colloidal complexes were recovered through centrifugation.
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