Betalains are water-soluble pigments present in vacuoles of plants of the order
Caryophyllales and in mushrooms of the genera Amanita, Hygrocybe and Hygrophorus …

Consumers are increasingly avoiding foods containing synthetic colourants, which lead food
industries to replace them by natural pigments, such as carotenoids, betalains, anthocyanins …

Microalgae can be regarded as an alternative and promising food ingredient due to their
nutritional composition, richness in bioactive compounds, and because they are considered …

Bioactive compounds of pulp (CP) and ethanolic (CE) extracts of the cactus pear (Opuntia
ficus-indica) were encapsulated with maltodextrin (MD) or inulin (I). A 22 statistical factorial …

Opuntia stricta fruit juice is a potential source of betacyanin pigments which can be used as
a natural red-purple food colorant. In this work a powder food colorant was obtained by co …

Owing to the increasing worldwide population explosion, managing waste generated from
the food sector has become a cross-cutting issue globally, leading to environmental …

An analytical study was carried out on the presence of antioxidant constituents and the in
vitro antioxidant capacity in the extracts of three species of Spanish red-skinned cactus pear …

Pitaya commonly known as dragon fruit is very popular of its intense color, constituent
minerals, vitamins, and antioxidant properties. In this study, physiochemical properties of …

Sour prickly pears (xoconostles) are fruits from Opuntia joconostle cactus, which are
cultivated in the central Mexico area. Phenolic and pigment content in various parts of O …

The main objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of solvent type and ratio
as well as the extraction techniques (ie supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and conventional …