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The utilization of exotic fruits as a raw material in the food industry has become an emerging trend due to their health-promoting functional compounds such as antioxidants. In addition, there is a trend in food industries where synthetic antioxidants were replaced with antioxidants from natural sources (Caleja et al., 2017; Kumar et al., 2015). Among the organic compounds found in fruit that have shown health benefits for humans are vitamins and phenolic compounds such as flavonoids. These compounds have high antioxidant activities and other biological functions. As a source of natural polyphenols and other health-promoting compounds, exotic fruits contain an abundant amount of phenolic acids and flavonoids such as anthocyanin. These compounds have distinct properties such as strong antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory, and antiproliferative activities which could inhibit cell cancer growth and prevent cardiovascular diseases (Swami et al., 2012; Timmers et al., 2015).