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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Fruit and Vegetable Peels: Utilization of High Value Horticultural Waste in Novel Industrial Applications.

Harsh Kumar, Kanchan Bhardwaj, Ruchi Sharma, Eugenie Nepovimova, Kamil Kuča, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Rachna Verma, Prerna Bhardwaj, Somesh Sharma, Dinesh Kumar

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Harsh KumarSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5301-484X
Kanchan BhardwajSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1708-6395
Ruchi SharmaSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7204-9426
Eugenie NepovimovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Kamil KučaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9664-1109
Daljeet Singh DhanjalSchool of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144411, Punjab, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4791-7388
Rachna VermaSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-9450
Prerna BhardwajSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.
Somesh SharmaSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.
Dinesh KumarSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3485-6408

Funding

UHK Faculty of Science, VT2019-2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fruits and vegetables are the highly used food products amongst the horticultural crops. These items are consumed uncooked, nominally cooked or fully cooked, according to their nature and cooking process. With the change in diet habits and rising population, the production, as well as the processing of horticultural crops, has exponentially improved to meet its increasing demand. A large amount of peel waste is generated from fruit and vegetable-based industries and household kitchen and has led to a big nutritional and economic loss and environmental problems. Processing of fruits and vegetables alone generates a significant waste, which amounts to 25-30% of the total product. Most common wastes include pomace, peels, rind and seeds, which are highly rich in valuable bioactive compounds such as carotenoids, enzymes, polyphenols, oils, vitamins and many other compounds. These bioactive compounds show their application in various industries such as food to develop edible films, food industries for probiotics and other industries for valuable products. The utilization of these low-cost waste horticultural wastes for producing the value-added product is a novel step in its sustainable utilization. The present review intends to summarize the different types of waste originating from fruits as well as vegetables peels and highlight their potential in developing edible films, probiotics, nanoparticles, carbon dots, microbial media, biochar and biosorbents.

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AgricultureCarotenoidsIndustrial WastePlant OilsPolyphenolsFruitVegetablesCarotenoidsIndustrial WastePlant OilsPolyphenolsbiocharbiosorbentscarbon dotsedible films/coatingsfruitsmicrobiological mediananoparticlespeelsprobioticsvegetables

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