Veronika Valková, Hana Ďúranová, Eva Ivanišová, Lucia Galovičová, Lucia Godočíková, Petra Borotová, Simona Kunová, Katarína Miklášová, Ľubomír L Lopašovský, Erika Mňahončáková, Miroslava Kačániová
BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study was to assess the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of ethanol extracts obtained from the fruit of five species of fresh chili pepper, Capsicum (C.) baccatum L. (Aji Amarillo), C. chinense (Fidalgo Roxa), C. annuum (Cherry Chocolate), C. pubescens (Rocoto Orange) and C. frutescens (Peruvian Purple). METHODS: To obtain the ethanol extracts, accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) was applied. DPPH assay was used to determine the antioxidant activity of the extract samples...
October 2021: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Technologia Alimentaria