Publications by authors named "Roxana Nicoleta Gavril Ratu"
A versatile and popular vegetable, pumpkin has recently gained much attention because of its variety of phytochemicals and health advantages. Pumpkins are a type of winter squash, traditionally with large, spherical, orange fruits and a highly nutrient food. Pumpkin by-products comprise various parts, such as seeds, peels, and pulp residues, with their bioactive composition and many potential benefits poorly explored by the food industry.
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- * Researchers used a response surface methodology with various extraction parameters (temperature, time, and solvent ratio) to determine the best conditions for extracting total carotenoids and assessing antioxidant activity.
- * Optimal extraction settings were found to be a temperature of 80 °C, a solvent volume of 10 mL, and an extraction time of 100 minutes, yielding significant concentrations of carotenoids and antioxidant activity.