Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is one of the most important water-soluble vitamins mainly supplemented through fruit and vegetables . Although avocado fruit is not recognized as a good source of vitamin C, as in some others fruit , the concentration of vitamin C in the flesh has been detected between 0.058 and 0.1 mg/g, depending on the cultivar . Recently, found ascorbic acid, as measured using the colour reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH), to be the main antioxidant present in the seed (accounting for half of the seed total antioxidant activity) and the rind tissue, while ascorbic acid content was lowest in mesocarp tissues. Other important vitamins present in avocado are riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamine (vitamin B1) and folacin