Herbal remedies are increasingly used by general public to replace or supplement conventional medicine and to protect from diseases caused by reactive oxygen species. This study was aimed to explore the antioxidant and nutraceutical aspects of agrowaste part of three citrus plant varieties. In all the tested samples the ascorbic acid content ranged between 12.86 -145.39 mg/100 g of fresh weight (FW), carotenoid content ranged between 0.12 -5.77 μg/g of FW. The total phenolic content (TPC) was found between 22.7 -70.04 mg of GAE/g of dry weight (DW), whereas the protein and carbohydrate content was found between 62.46 -221.90 and 29.93 – 314.41 mg/g of DW, repectively. The results showed that agrowaste part of citrus fruit plants, specially fruit peel of all three varieties may serve as a good nutraceutical source for pharmaceutical and food industries.
Citrus, Rutaceae, Nutraceutical, Total Phenolic Content, Agrowaste
