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Fermentation of cashew apple juice to produce high added value products

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The use of agriculture substrates in industrial biotechnological processes has been increasing because of its low cost. Cashew apples are considered an agriculture low cost product in the Brazilian Northeast because the cashew cultivation is done mainly to produce cashew nuts. About 90% of the cashew apples production is lost in the field after removing the nut. In this work, the use of clarified cashew apple juice as substrate for microbial cultivation was investigated. The results showed that cashew apple juice is a good source of reducing sugars and can be used to grow Leuconostoc mesenteroides to produce high added value products such as dextran, lactic acid, mannitol and oligosaccharides.

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The authors thank FUNCAP (Fundação Cearence de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for the awarded scholarship, CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico) for the financial support, ARS culture collection for providing the microorganism strain and Laboratorio de Combustiveis e Lubrificantes (DEQ/UFC) for the use of the HPLC.

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  1. Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Caixa Postal 12168, Fortaleza, 60021-970, Brazil

    Talita Lopes Honorato, Maria Cristiane Rabelo & Sueli Rodrigues

  2. Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, bloco 709 – Campus do Pici, Fortaleza, CE, 60455-760, Brazil

    Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves

  3. Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Rua Sara Mesquita, 2270 – Pici, Fortaleza, 60511-110, Brazil

    Gustavo Adolfo Saavedra Pinto

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Honorato, T.L., Rabelo, M.C., Gonçalves, L.R.B. et al. Fermentation of cashew apple juice to produce high added value products. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 1409–1415 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-007-9381-z

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