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Valorization of Grapefruit By-Products as Solid Support for Solid-State Fermentation to Produce Antioxidant Bioactive Extracts

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Solid-state fermentation is a microbial process carried out mostly on the surface of solid materials. Grapefruit by-products are solids that can be used as a substrate-support matrix for fungal growth in solid fermentation. On the other hand, with the fermentation, the valorization of grapefruit by-products can be done because of recovery of secondary metabolites such as antioxidants. Fermentations were done using Raimbault columns as bioreactors. Two mixture levels (50 and 70% moisture content) were evaluated. Fungal growth was analysed online by CO2 quantification for fermentation of grapefruit by-products with Aspergillus niger GH1. Ethanolic extracts were used for antioxidant analyses (FRAP, LOI and DPPH·radical-scavenging). A. niger GH1 showed better growth on grapefruit by-products at 70% moisture content. Recovery of antioxidant compounds and solids reduction (50% of solids loss) was also higher at 70% moisture content. These results suggest that solid-state fermentation has great potential for valorization of grapefruit by-products as a support and a carbon source to produce antioxidants.

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RLC thanks the Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) Mexico for the financial support during his MSc studies.

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  1. Group of Bioprocesses, Food Research Department, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 25280, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

    Ramón Larios-Cruz, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera, Julio C. Montañez & Cristóbal N. Aguilar

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, 09340, Ciudad de México, Mexico

    Arely Prado-Barragán

  3. A.C. Unidad Delicias, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Juan Buenrostro-Figueroa

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Larios-Cruz, R., Buenrostro-Figueroa, J., Prado-Barragán, A. et al. Valorization of Grapefruit By-Products as Solid Support for Solid-State Fermentation to Produce Antioxidant Bioactive Extracts. Waste Biomass Valor 10, 763–769 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-0156-y

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