POTENCIAL DE LA JAMAICA (HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.) EN LA ELABORACIÓN DE ALIMENTOS FUNCIONALES CON ACTIVIDAD ANTIOXIDANTE

Ma. Teresa Sumaya Martínez, Raquel E. Medina Carrillo, Ma. Luisa Machuca Sánchez, Edgar Jiménez Ruiz, Rosendo Balois Morales and Leticia Mónica Sánchez Herrera

Revista Mexicana de Agronegocios, 2014, vol. 35, issue July-December 2014, 7

Abstract: In Mexico, roselle is a crop with low industrialization. A strategy to raise its competitiveness is the incorporation of a value chain, that involves to have present the demands of the consumers for the fruits commercialization strategies development. Nutritional and functional properties can add value to a food. Roselle is a source of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, among many others; which gives its antioxidant activity and others beneficial effects on health. These compounds can be recovered as part of functional foods with high added value.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.204465

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