Study of Chemical composition of pulp and fiber of Cocos nucifera fruits

• Grant number: 14/26247-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Wagner Vilegas
• Grantee: Marina Marconi dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB-CLP). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista. São Vicente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/52237-9 - Standardized herbal medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

Cocos nucifera, or "palma" belongs to the family Arecaceae, and is a well-know for your fruit,popularly called the green coconut. It has high economic value, because your water and pulp are widely consumed in Brazilian as a refreshing. However, your use in the high scale leads to high quantities of organic residues due to its fiber. One of the subjects of this work to try a new application to this fiber diminishing the waste. We will determine the chemical composition of this fiber and subject the isolates to biological assays.