Recovery of Wasted Vegetables and Fruits for Food Additives

Ripening process in exocarps of scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) and banana (Musa spp.) investigated by Raman spectroscopy

“…Concerning the scarlet eggplant, the waste content has been underexplored ( Ben-Othman et al, 2020 ), despite the anti-inflammatory activity ( Anosike et al, 2012 ), and the inhibition properties of nitric oxide (NO) ( Plazas et al, 2014 ). Recently, the exploitation of these low-cost waste horticultural has gained attention, since many of the bioactive compounds found in the peel can be used by food, textile, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries ( Dorta and Lobo, 2022 , Khawas and Deka, 2016 , Kumar et al, 2020 , Vu et al, 2018 ).…”