In Peru, one of the main difficulties in the processing of frozen camu-camu pulp is to obtain fresh fruit with good quality, because it is damaged during the transportation from the Amazon to Lima, place where are located the processing factories. To avoid that fruit lots arrive with high percentages of damaged fruit, it is preferred to buy camu-camu pulp semi-processed and frozen, thus reducing risks during transport. This raw material is washed, pulped and frozen in the place of harvest or collection area, and then sold to processing factories in Lima, where it is refined, standardized, heat treated and frozen to obtain a product of long life, which is marketed and exported. The characteristics of this fruit make it a low risk to health, not allowing the growth of pathogenic bacteria, due to its physicochemical characteristics and the presence of phytochemicals, for this reason the mic...

En el Perú, una de las principales dificultades en el procesamiento de pulpa de camu-camu congelado es la obtención de fruta fresca de buena calidad, debido a que ésta sufre daños durante su transporte desde la Amazonía hacia Lima, donde se encuentran las plantas de procesamiento. Para evitar que los lotes de frutas lleguen con altos porcentajes de frutos dañados o malogrados se prefiere comprar la pulpa de camu-camu semi-procesada y congelada, facilitando así su mejor disponibilidad para el transporte. Esta materia prima es lavada, pulpeada y congelada en el lugar de la cosecha o zona de acopio y luego vendida a las plantas de fabricación en Lima, donde se refinan, estandarizan, tratan térmicamente y congelan para obtener un producto de larga vida útil, la cual es comercializada y exportada. Las características de esta fruta hacen que sea un producto de bajo riesgo para la sa...

This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial and fungicidal activity of aqueous and alcoholic macerated from leaves of Aloe vera L., containing anthraquinone derivatives. With this macerated liquids were prepared solutions of CuSO4.5H2O 1,5%, FeCl3 1%, AgNO3 1%, and Bi (NO3)3 1,5%, which were stored in amber glass flasks, hermetically closed for 12 months under refrigeration; a similar batch was kept at 25°C. Antimicrobial and fungicide activities were determined on these preparations using plate excavation method, of USP XXX, against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Aspergillus niger strains. Aqueous solutions of Aloe vera L. showed antimicrobial activity in decreasing order Cu > Ag > Fe and alcoholic solutions in also decreasing order Ag > Cu > Fe. Only copper sulphate aqueous solutions showed fungicidal activity. The preparations prese...

This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial and fungicidal activity of aqueous and alcoholic macerated from leaves of Aloe vera L., containing anthraquinone derivatives. With this macerated liquids were prepared solutions of CuSO4.5H2O 1,5%, FeCl3 1%, AgNO3 1%, and Bi (NO3)3 1,5%, which were stored in amber glass flasks, hermetically closed for 12 months under refrigeration; a similar batch was kept at 25°C. Antimicrobial and fungicide activities were determined on these preparations using plate excavation method, of USP XXX, against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Aspergillus niger strains. Aqueous solutions of Aloe vera L. showed antimicrobial activity in decreasing order Cu > Ag > Fe and alcoholic solutions in also decreasing order Ag > Cu > Fe. Only copper sulphate aqueous solutions showed fungicidal activity. The preparations prese...