ethanol inwaterwas 36% greater than the untreated samples. This finding
was in agreement with Mercali, Jaeschke, Tessaro, and Marczak
(2013) who concluded that OHM was a potential technology for heat
treatment of foods containing significant levels of anthocyanins.
For the present study, the CP-OHM with different levels of moisture
content (30–40%) and electric field strengths ranged between 50 and
200 V cm−1 and had higher values of anthocyanin content than
CP-ST. This may be due to the electroporation of the bran from OHM,
which helps to increase the release of polyphenols. Darra et al. (2013)
found that the application of pulsed OHMtreatment induces a high degree
of cell membrane damage, which enhances the release of intracellular
compounds. By contrast, Sarkis et al. (2013) reported that the
percentage of anthocyanin degradation of acerola pulp (MC of 92%)
was similar to or even lower than that obtained with steam heating
when the OHM process was used with low-voltage gradients.