https://revistas.chapingo.mx/ctasci/issue/feedCurrent Topics in Agronomic Science2024-01-08T18:34:37+00:00Oficina Editorialrev_ctas@chapingo.mxOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>Current Topics in Agronomic Science</strong> (CTASci) is an international journal, semi-annual, bilingual, open access, edited in electronic format by the <strong>Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACh)</strong>, which publishes current scientific articles related to the topics of Agricultural Systems, Natural Resources and Biodiversity, Animal Science, Agroindustry, Socioeconomic Sciences, and Educational Sciences.</p>https://revistas.chapingo.mx/ctasci/article/view/r.ctasci.2024.04.01Salting out separation of bioactive compounds from epicarp of ‘Hass’ avocado (Persea americana Mill.) fruit during ripening2023-08-17T18:54:18+00:00Perla Jiménez-Velázquezjperla92@gmail.comSalvador Valle-Guadarramasvalleg@chapingo.mxIran Alia-Tejacalijac96@yahoo.com.mxYolanda Salinas-Morenoyolasm@gmail.comLeticia García-Cruzletygc_1189@hotmail.com<p>The industrialization of the 'Hass' avocado fruit generates residues, such as the peel or epicarp, which contains compounds that can be used. The objective of the work was to separate bioactive compounds from epicarp of 'Hass' avocado fruits during ripening through the aqueous two-phase extraction (ATPE) procedure. An ATPE system was used with a mixture of trisodium citrate (Na<sub>3</sub>C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O(COO)<sub>3</sub>) and polyethylene glycol 4000 (Peg4000) in concentrations of 24.94 and 14.53 %, respectively, which allowed the recovery of 85.3 % of soluble phenols present in the epicarp of fruits. The extraction of bioactive compounds increased as ripening progressed and the highest amounts of total soluble phenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins, and condensable tannins coincided with the consumption maturity, with values of 1866.5, 717.6, 64.0, and 1635.1 μg mL<sup>‑1</sup>, respectively, in the extraction phase. The ATPE method is a strategy that makes it possible to take advantage of the 'Hass' avocado fruit epicarp.</p>2024-01-08T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2024 Current Topics in Agronomic Science