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Grape Seeds: Agro-Industrial Waste with Vast Functional Food Potential

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Grapes (Vitis vinifera) are universally appreciated fruits for their delicacy and nutrition. All the more fame stems from their fermentation products wines. The by-product pomace comprising of skin and seeds often ends up as wastes. Lately, the seeds have been discovered to contain an ample amount of diverse bioactive compounds. Polyphenols are found in abundance in the seeds, proanthocyanidin being the most prominent class. The seed extracts are increasingly being recognized as human food supplement for disease prevention and overall health promotion. Their uses have ramified to antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antilipemic, antihypertensive, hepatoprotective, osteoprotectant, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, anticancer and antimicrobial agents. Now that nutrient recovery from food by-products and residues as well as fortification has emerged as thrust areas, the relevance of grape seed extract deserves exploration. This chapter presents a complete account of the current state of knowledge and future directions.

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Patel, S. (2015). Grape Seeds: Agro-Industrial Waste with Vast Functional Food Potential. In: Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects. Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12847-4_6

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