Table 1. Physicochemical properties of liqueur prepared from Citrus junos fruit peels as affected by ethanol concentration

Property Ethanol concentration (%)
10 20 30 40 50
Soluble solids (g/100 mL) 2.39±0.05a1) 2.28±0.03b 2.35±0.04a 2.22±0.02bc 2.19±0.05c
Titratable acidity (mg/100 mL) 55.46±9.77a 56.53±1.84a 52.26±1.84a 56.53±1.84a 51.20±6.40a
Phenolic compounds (mg/100 mL) 37.58±2.17b 37.23±4.92b 40.95±0.34ab 39.49±0.40ab 44.17±1.83a
Vitamin C (mg/100 mL) 23.91±1.45a 21.43±0.98b 21.03±1.52b 19.43±1.47b 15.84±1.35c
DPPH activity (%) 21.28±4.10b 22.26±0.85b 17.95±0.85b 28.39±1.88a 19.45±1.80b
Colorvalues L* 97.81±0.26a 98.05±0.13a 97.50±0.05b 97.95±0.09a 97.75±0.15ab
a* -7.91±0.77c -6.68±0.15ab -6.16±0.27a -7.10±0.19b -6.18±0.30a
b* 26.13±2.06a 22.48±0.80bc 22.23±1.05bc 24.08±0.36b 21.57±0.61c
1)Means±SD (n=3) in the same row followed by same letter are not significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test (p<0.05).