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Investigation of Nutritive, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Properties of Mouth freshner Formulated from Pomegranate Peel

Author(s):

A.Jeevarathinam , ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING AND QUALITY CONTROL,V.V.VANNIAPERUMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,VIRUDHUNAGAR-626001,TAMILNADU; P.Muthulakshmi, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING AND QUALITY CONTROL,V.V.VANNIAPERUMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,VIRUDHUNAGAR-626001,TAMILNADU

Keywords:

Pomegranate Peel, Antioxidant, Mouth freshner

Abstract

Punica granatum (pomegranate) are utilized by local people as the part of their meal. People support to consume pomegranateseed and their peel was throw as waste. In this present study Mouth freshners were prepared from dried the pomegranate peel powder. The chemical composition and antioxidant profile (phenolic compounds, flavonoids, proanthocyanin, saponin) were determined. The study indicated that formulation of mouth freshner MF3 which contain 30% of pomegranate peel powder has high nutritional and antioxidant properties than the control sample (without pomegranate peel) mouth freshner .The study thus give authority to the fact that pomegranate peel powder could be efficiently utilized for the promising source of natural antioxidants in food processing.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I110217
Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 11
Publication Date: 01/02/2017
Page(s): 259-262

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