Investigation of the potential of industrial carrot processing waste for the release of bioactive substances

Abstract

Bioflavonoids have anti-inflammatory, antitumor, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antithrombogenic activity. A large amount of these valuable bioactive substances gets wasted waste after processing of fruits and vegetables, carrots in particular. The article studies the possibility of using carrots pulp of the Losinoostrovskaya, Nantes (Nantskaya) and Queen of Autumn (Koroleva Oseni) varieties as a source of flavonoids and carotenoids. It was determined that the highest content of the target substances is extracted using ethanol with a concentration of 96%. We carried out the pectrophotomoteric evaluation of the composition and quantitative determination of flavonoids and carotenoids in pulp. It was found that carotenoids were the predominant component of extracts in the studied pulp samples. Their content was 1.8-1.9 times higher than flavonoids. One of the directions in the development of methods for increasing the efficiency of isolation of bioactive compounds can be methods for increasing the yield of bound phenolic compounds with high biological activity.