PAVITHRA K,M N SHASHIREKHA,SHYLAJA M DHARMESH,S RAJARATHNAM
申请号：
IN2947/DEL/2014
公开号：
IN2014DE02947A
申请日:
2014.10.15
申请国别(地区):
IN
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention deals with a process to prepare and store ready to serve (RTS) beverage, from the cactus Opuntia dillenii. The beverage is a composite of mucilage extracted from the stem and the pulp expressed from the fruit. It is a combination of stem mucilage and fruit pulp in certain proposition, in water, principally to combine the constituents like polysaccharides of stem with pigments (betalains), vitamins, amino acids including taurine, phenolics including flavonoids. The obtained beverage in pasteurized form was sensorially acceptable and storable for minimum of six months. Microbiological safety was also evaluated. No artificial color or essence was added to the RTS beverage. The beverage was demonstrated to display bio-functional properties such as free radical scavenging activity, red blood cell, DNA and buccal cell protection activity. Results therefore suggest that the health beneficial roles of pulp and the mucilage of cactus may benefit to combat several chronic diseases caused due to oxidative damages of DNA and cells.
