FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF SUPERCRITICAL EXTRACT FROM YLANG-YLANG (Cananga odorata) PEEL FRUIT

摘要

Many studies in recent years confirm that bioactive compounds have properties that are beneficial to human health, with potential physiological effects such as anticancer, vasoprotective, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective, among others. On the other hand, the reported harmful effects of synthetic antioxidant compounds, that has lead the World Health Organization to imposed restrictions to their use and the population awareness of ecological issues has stimulated the research on food, drug and cosmetic industries. In this work, supercritical extracts from Ylang-Ylang (Cananga odorata) peel fruit were evaluated in terms of anthocyanin and total phenolic contents and antioxidant activity.