Caracterização do óleo extraído de semente de mamão (Carica Papaya) como reaproveitamento de resíduos agroindustriais

Abstract

Due to the increase of the world food production as a consequence of the increase of generated residues, the importance of the development of researches to the use of the same ones is verified. An alternative to add value to these residues is the use of seeds to obtain oil, which can be used in the cosmetics, food and medicine industries. The objective of the present work was the extraction and physical, chemical and bioactive characterization of the papaya seed oil, as a reuse of agroindustrial residue, as well as to characterize the papaya papaya seeds of the papaya type and its proximal composition. Papaya seeds had a high lipid content, approximately 25%, and the oil showed a low degradation content, through peroxide and acidity analysis. Through the analysis of iodine, refraction and melting point index it can be said that the oil of the papaya seed possibly has a high degree of unsaturation. In addition, papaya seed oil can be considered a natural antioxidant due to antioxidant activity and EC50 values. Therefore, these results indicate that the papaya seed has a high potential for obtaining oil, in addition to the oil obtained by Goldfish extraction, it is of excellent quality, thus minimizing the possible environmental impacts generated by this agroindustrial residue.