Antibacterial property of Hylocereus polyrhizus and Hylocereus undatus peel extracts

• Main Authors: Mohd Maidin, Nurmahani, Osman, Azizah, Abdul Hamid, Azizah, Mohamad Ghazali, Farinazleen, Pak Dek, Mohd. Sabri
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24167/1/24167.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24167/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/volume-19-2012.html

Food-borne diseases have always been a major concern to the consumers, food safety authorities and food industries. Hylocereus spp or Pitaya peels are normally treated as wastes and will be discarded during processing. In this study, the antibacterial activity of ethanol, chloroform and hexane extra...