Facultad de Qumica y Biologa, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Libertador OHiggins 3363, Casilla-40, Correo-33, Santiago, Chile
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Article history:
Received 21 March 2012
Received in revised form24 July 2012
Accepted 25 July 2012
Keywords:
Grape pomace
Antifungal activity
Botrytis cinerea
Phenolic compounds
a b s t r a c t
Phenolic compound proles of grape pomace extracts from a mixture of Chilean grape varieties (Cabernet
Sauvignon, Carmnere andSyrah) were analyzed. Two extraction methods were used: solvent andsoxhlet
extraction, followed by fractionation with hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate. Phenolic compounds in
different fractions were identied by HPLC. Ethyl acetate phase of solvent extraction contained a wide
variety of phenolic compounds. Hexane phase of the extracts presented lowest diversity. Quercetin was
found in almost all fractions.
Also, the in vitro antifungal activity of these extracts against the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea
was evaluated. Hexane or chloroform fractions from extracts obtained by solvent extraction showed the
highest inhibitory effect on mycelia growth of this fungus, with IC
50
value of 40 ppm. In general, ethyl
acetate fractions were less active against B. cinerea. Therefore, it can be concluded that grape pomace are
a good low cost source to obtain antifungal extracts.
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1. Introduction
In the wine industry, a large amount of grape (Vitis vinifera)
residues (grape pomace) are obtained. Grape pomace consists
mainly of skin residues, broken cells with pulp remains, stalks,
and seeds (Ruggieri et al., 2009). This winery residue is produced
after pressing the crushing grapes in the white wine processing
or after fermentation in red wine production. In Chile, the wine
production was of 733,404,919L in 2010; 70.6% corresponded to
red wine reaching a production of 517,878,816L (Servicio Agrcola
y Ganadero, SAG, Chile). If it is considered that 18kg pomace are
produced by 100L of wine (Rockenbach et al., 2011), then, in Chile,
during 2010, the grape pomace production from red wine was
approximately of 93,000tons.
Grape pomace composition varies depending on grape variety,
climate and technology of vinication (Schieber et al., 2001) and it
has been used as a rich source to obtain high-value products such
as ethanol, tartrates and malates, citric acid, grape seed oil, and
phenolic compounds (Arvanitoyannis et al., 2006).
In grape pomace, the phenolic content is high because these
compounds are poorly extracted during vinication. Anthocyanins,
catechins, avonol glycosides, phenolic acids, alcohols and stil-
benes are the principal phenolic constituents of grape pomace
C. Extracts were
concentrated in a rotary evaporator and 20mL of distilled
water were added and volume was decreased in a rotary
evaporator. Water addition was repeated three times. Finally,
aqueous suspension or crude extract was subjected to sequen-
tial liquidliquid extraction with hexane, chloroformand nally
ethyl acetate.
b. Ethanol extraction, method 1: 450g or 300g of whole and
ground grape pomace, respectively were extracted with 1L of
ethanol 70% (v/v) for 4h with constant agitation at 4
C. Extracts
were concentrated in a rotary evaporator to get crude extracts
whichweresubjectedtosequential liquidliquidextractionwith
hexane, chloroformand nally ethyl acetate.
c. Ethanol extraction, method 2: 450g or 300g of whole and
ground grape pomace, respectively were extracted with 1L of
ethanol 70% (v/v) for 4h with constant agitation at 4
C. Extracts
were concentrated in a rotary evaporator and 20mL of distilled
water were addedandthenthe volume was decreasedina rotary
evaporator. Water addition was repeated three times. Finally,
aqueous suspension or crude extract was subjected to sequen-
tial liquidliquid extraction with hexane, chloroformand nally
ethyl acetate.
d. Soxhlet extraction: 10g of whole grape pomace was submitted
to a soxhlet extraction using methanol in a solidliquid rate 1:20
at 40
C.
Results of antifungal effect were expressed as IC
50
(concentration
that reduced mycelial growth by 50%) determined by regressing
Table 2
Effect of extracts on mycelia growth of B. cinerea.
Extraction method Liquidliquid extraction solvent Antifungal activity IC
50
(g/mL)
Whole Ground
Methanol Hexane 486.6 21.3 i 40.09.8 a
Chloroform 460.8 25.5 i 40.02.0 a
Ethyl acetate 2832.0 105.3 k 108.317.9 c
Ethanol, method 1 Hexane 143.0 15.4 d 35.75.2 a
Chloroform 127.5 13.0 c 40.04.9 a
Ethyl acetate 209.7 25.0 f 85.310.0 b
Ethanol, method 2 Hexane 179.9 12.8 e 289.920.1 g
Chloroform 362.6 25.9h 236.78.5 f
Ethyl acetate 178.1 18.3 e 531.945.3 i
Soxhlet Hexane 1228.5 124.3 j ND
a
Methanol 126.8 25.6 c,d ND
a
a
Not determined.
All values are expressed as meanstandard deviation from at least three independent experiments. Different letters indicate that the means are signicantly different at
P 0.05.
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the inhibition of radial growth values (percent control) at different
extract or compound concentrations after 48h of incubation. All
experiments were done at least in triplicate.
Also, the effect of extracts on conidial germination was deter-
mined. Conidial germinationassays werecarriedout onmicroscope
slides coatedwithsoft agar medium(2mmthickness). Extracts was
added dissolved in methanol at 160g/mL. Methanol was allowed
to evaporate prior to inoculation. The slides were inoculated with
dry conidia obtained fromsporulated mycelia (1 week old), placed
in a humid chamber (90% relative humidity), and incubated in the
dark at 22