Nowadays, Natural antioxidants are concern a great demand for consumer preference and health . This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of using vegetables wastes and by products as natural antioxidants . Five commercial waste and by-products namely, tomato pomace , potato peels , eggplant peels and olive leaves were evaluated . Phenolic compounds for each ethanolic extracts were identified using HPLC and different compounds also, were identified namely, chlorogenic , vanillic , ferrullic , Salicylic and caffeic acids … etc . Results of total phenolic contents (TPC) of the investigated extracts ranged from 29 to 144 mg /g. gallic acid. Olive leaves extracts showed the highest antioxidant activities (DPPH ) in compare with other extracts ( 92.1 % ) . Results of rancimat test indicated also, that addition of olive leaves extract to palm oil exhibited the highest induction period (I.P ) (11.3) hours comparing with the other extracts .
From the economical point of view, vegetable wastes and by- products can used as natural source of antioxidants and play an important role in food industry .