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Bioactive compounds in Mexican genotypes of cocoa cotyledon and husk.
Food chemistry - 1 Feb 2018
Hernández-Hernández Carolina, Viera-Alcaide Isabel, Morales-Sillero Ana María, Fernández-Bolaños Juan, Rodríguez-Gutiérrez Guillermo
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A characterization of the phenolic profile of 25 cocoa genotypes established in a Mexican gene bank was carried out. From five different extraction methods commonly used for phenols, extraction with acidified methanol-water was chosen as the best to quantify the concentrations of theobromine and individual phenols in cocoa beans. High concentrations of individual and total phenols were found for genotypes native...
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