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Identification and Quantification of Physicochemical and Bioactive Components from Sugar Baby Variety of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

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The investigation aimed to analyze the qualitative attributes of ‘Sugar Baby’ variety of watermelon. Ripe fruit consisted of 68.30% flesh, 31.07% rind, and 1.58% seeds. Freshly extracted juice had a pH, total soluble solids, lycopene, ascorbic acid, and total phenolic content of 5.64, 8.90°Bx, 5.23 mg/100 mL juice, 8.22 mg/100 mL juice, and 15.48 mg GAE/100 mL juice, respectively, with a color intensity value of 45.37. Juice had a total aerobic bacteria and yeast & mold counts of 5.69 and 5.68 log cfu/mL, respectively. The predominant sugar and organic acid were fructose (31.10 mg/mL juice) and malic acid (3.38 mg/mL juice). Six key flavor compounds were identified such as 1-Dodecyne; 6-Nonenal (Z); propanoic acid 2-oxo-methyl ester; 2-propanol, 1-methoxy; 5-heptene, 2-one, 6-methyl and hexanal. The rind contains pectin (20.08%) and citrulline (13.36 mg/g and 9.78 mg/g in the skin and peel, respectively). Solvent extraction from dried seeds resulted in 38.66% oil.

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  1. Physiology, Biochemistry & Post Harvest Technology, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, 671124, Kerala, Kudlu, India

    Shameena Beegum PP

  2. Food Science & Post Harvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Vidya Ram Sagar, Abhijit Kar & Harshwardhan Choudhary

  3. Fishery Resources Assessment, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, 682018, Kerala, India

    Eldho Varghese

  4. Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Jant- Pali, Mahendergarh, 123031, Haryana, India

    Surender Singh

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PP, S.B., Sagar, V.R., Kar, A. et al. Identification and Quantification of Physicochemical and Bioactive Components from Sugar Baby Variety of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Agric Res 11, 410–420 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-021-00583-7

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