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- Title
Recovery of Polyphenolic Fraction from Arabica Coffee Pulp and Its Antifungal Applications.
- Authors
Sangta, Jiraporn; Wongkaew, Malaiporn; Tangpao, Tibet; Withee, Patchareeya; Haituk, Sukanya; Arjin, Chaiwat; Sringarm, Korawan; Hongsibsong, Surat; Sutan, Kunrunya; Pusadee, Tonapha; Sommano, Sarana Rose; Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawan
- Abstract
Coffee pulp is one of the most underutilised by-products from coffee processing. For coffee growers, disposing of this agro-industrial biomass has become one of the most difficult challenges. This study utilised this potential biomass as raw material for polyphenolic antifungal agents. First, the proportion of biomass was obtained from the Arabica green bean processing. The yield of by-products was recorded, and the high-potency biomass was serially extracted with organic solvents for the polyphenol fraction. Quantification of the polyphenols was performed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), then further confirmed by mass spectrometry modes of the liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF). Then, the fraction was used to test antifungal activities against Alternaria brassicicola, Pestalotiopsis sp. and Paramyrothecium breviseta. The results illustrated that caffeic acid and epigallocatechin gallate represented in the polyphenol fraction actively inhibited these fungi with an inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.09, 0.31 and 0.14, respectively. This study is also the first report on the alternative use of natural biocontrol agent of P. breviseta, the pathogen causing leaf spot in the Arabica coffee.
- Subjects
COFFEE beans; ANTIFUNGAL agents; HIGH performance liquid chromatography; EPIGALLOCATECHIN gallate; COFFEE; GREEN bean; LEAF spots; CAFFEIC acid
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2021, Vol 10, Issue 7, p1422
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants10071422