Scientific studies have shown that mango peel is a rich source of phenolic compounds, which present antioxidant activity. In order to contribute to the future applications of this material, this paper aims the optimization of the extraction process of phenolic compounds from mango peels. The following process parameters were evaluated in this study: mango variety, peel drying time, ethanol concentration and solvent temperature. A two-level, four-factor full- factorial design (2(4)) was used in the design of the experiments and in the analysis of the results. With the preliminary results a star experimental design around the central point was performed to obtain a response surface. A maximum extraction yield of 33.7% of total phenolics was obtained for the "Espada" variety, with ethanol concentration of 70% and 10 hours of mango peel drying time.

Em relevo ondulado, a posição do solo na paisagem é importante quanto à quantidade de água armazenada e disponível para as plantas. A camada coesa dos solos dos Tabuleiros Costeiros do Nordeste do Brasil prejudica o fluxo de água no perfil. Em períodos mais chuvosos, pode ocorrer a formação de lençol freático suspenso acima dos horizontes coesos, em decorrência da restrição ao fluxo vertical descendente causada por tais horizontes. Dessa forma, em áreas declivosas, é possível ocorrer o interfluxo (fluxo lateral subsuperficial da água) no sentido morro abaixo sobre os horizontes coesos. Tal hipótese foi avaliada em uma toposseqüência com 190 m de comprimento e 0,097 m m-1 de declividade média, composta por Latossolo Amarelo argissólico coeso-LAx (terço superior), Argissolo Amarelo coeso-PAx (terço médio), solo transicional-PAx/PAC e Argissolo Acinzentado-PAC, não-coeso (terço inferior). Dados de umidade, medidos semanalmente durante o ano de 1996 (53 semanas), em 10 pontos ao longo da toposseqüência e em sete profundidades, permitiram comprovar a hipótese citada, com o interfluxo, acima dos horizontes coesos, proporcionando um aporte maior e mais contínuo de umidade ao longo do tempo, no sentido LAx → PAx → PAx/PAC → PAC.

Soil landscape position is important in relation to the amount of stored and available water for the plants. The cohesive layer in the tableland soil of the Northeast of Brazil hinders the water flow in the profile. During rainy periods, the formation of transitory water tables above cohesive horizons is possible, due to the restriction of descending vertical flow caused by such horizons. Therefore, the occurrence of interflow (downhill lateral subsuperficial water flow) on the cohesive horizons in slope areas is possible. This hypothesis was evaluated in a toposequence with a length of 190 m and a medium slope of 0.097 m m-1, composed by cohesive argisolic Yellow Latosol-LAx (upper third), cohesive Yellow Argisol-PAx (middle third), transitional soil-PAx/PAC, and non-cohesive Gray Argisol-PAC (lower third). Soil water data estimated weekly during the year of 1996 (53 weeks), in ten points along the toposequence and at seven depths, allowed to prove the mentioned hypothesis; interflow, on the cohesive horizons, caused a larger and more continuous moisture contribution on the long term, in the order LAx → PAx → PAx/PAC → PAC.