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The seeds and rinds of passion fruit will be recycled as materials for the development of functional foods, promoting neuroprotection and delaying the onset of cognitive dysfunctions.

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This was the first report showing that the waste of passion fruit, seeds and rinds from a local juice-processing factory, could be used as ingredients to develop functional foods for daily intake providing neuroprotection and delaying the onset of cognitive dysfunctions.

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An example of sustainable utilities of recycling seeds and rinds of passion fruits as ingredients for developments of functional foods for unmet medical needs in cognitive impairments

Professor Wen-Chi Hou
Taipei Medical University

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This page is a summary of: Extracts and Scirpusin B from Recycled Seeds and Rinds of Passion Fruits (Passiflora edulis var. Tainung No. 1) Exhibit Improved Functions in Scopolamine-Induced Impaired-Memory ICR Mice, Antioxidants, November 2023, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/antiox12122058.
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