Extraction Techniques for Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity Determination of Chilean Papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) Fruit

Table 1

Proximal composition, pH, acidity, soluble solids, and water capacity of fresh Chilean papaya.

Parameters	Content (g/100 g FW)
Moisture	91.6 ± 1.5
Protein	0.9 ± 0.0
Lipid	0.3 ± 0.0
Crude fiber	1.1 ± 0.1
Ash	0.6 ± 0.0
Carbohydrate^a	4.9 ± 1.4
pH	4.1 ± 0.2
Acidity (%)^b	0.1 ± 0.0
Soluble solids (°Brix)	5.0 ± 0.0
Water activity	0.997 ± 0.001

Calculated by differences, adimensional, and ^bexpressed % citric acid.