Yellow passion fruit seeds (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) that
were obtained from a local industry were employed in this study.
In the laboratory, the seeds were placed in a bowl and washed with
the application of light frictional forces to eliminate the arils. These
washed seeds were then heated in boiling water for 40 min and
dried in a forced convection drier at 60 C with an air flow of
4.54 m3 s 1. The seeds were ground with a Marconi Tecnal grinder
(model T345, São Paulo, Brazil) for 30 s