Lijuan Xu, Siming Zhu, Wenjing Wan, Ming Yu, Xin'an Zeng, Zhanhua Deng
BACKGROUND: Tangerine peel is rich in flavonoids, particularly hesperidin, which has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer biological activities. However, it is often wasted during citrus processing. The current common extraction method for hesperidin is solvent extraction, which has the characteristics of low extraction rate and high contamination. This aim of this study was to incestigate the effect of pulsed electric field-assisted alkali dissolution extraction, followed by a acidification precipitation method, on the extraction rate and structure of hesperidin from tangerine peel...
March 28, 2024: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture