Avocado seed phytochemicals: a review
H Y Setyawan*, S Sukardi, C A Puriwangi

Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, 65145 East Java, Indonesia
*hendrix[at]ub.ac.id

Abstract

Persea americana Mill. seed or known as avocado seed is beneficial to human health. Phytochemical components of avocado seed are flavonoid, tannins, saponins, phenolic and alkaloid. The phenolic compounds of avocado seed mainly in the form of catechin, hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, coumaric acid, ferulic acid and triterpenoid glycosides. Different variety of avocado, extraction methods, maturity and growth may offer variation in phenolic content. Functional properties of avocado seed with the presence of phenolic compounds are vasorelaxant activity, analgesic, antiviral, antioxidant, wound healing, and anticancer. Triterpenoid in avocado seeds have been investigated as anticancer effects toward breast MCF7 cancer cells and showed the value of IC50 is 62 ug/mL as cytotoxic activity. Spectrophotometry usually used to determine the phytochemicals in avocado seed such as saponins, tannins and flavonoids.

Keywords: avocado seed; phytochemicals; phenolic compounds; anticancer

Topic: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY