Chemical Characterization of Apricot Puree

Voi, A. Lo; Impembo, M.; Fasanaro, G.; Castaldo, Domenico

doi:10.1006/jfca.1995.1010

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“…This is in accordance with results from other studies (16,34,35); nevertheless, Femenia et al (36) found glucose as the dominant sugar in apricot. Other sugars such as xylose, mannose, maltose (34), and raffinose (4) were also found present in apricot fruit in varying concentrations.…”

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“…The highest total sugar content (59.5-62.2% DW) was found in the new cultivars Niobe, Neraida, and Nike, whereas the lowest content was found in Aurora, Sadunska, Ninfa, 309/99, and K 104-98 (43.1-47.7% DW). Similar mean values of soluble sugars were also reported for cultivar Harcot (34) and other apricot cultivars (16,35). The widely cultivated Greek cultivars Bebecou and P. Tirynthos are very sensitive to Sharka; therefore, their cultivation is diminished.…”

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Physical Characters and Antioxidant, Sugar, and Mineral Nutrient Contents in Fruit from 29 Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars and Hybrids

Drogoudi

Vemmos

Pantelidis

et al. 2008

J. Agric. Food Chem.

129

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Fruit physical and chemical characters of 29 apricot cultivars of Greek and American origin and their hybrids were evaluated using correlation and principal component analysis. A remarkable variation was observed in the total phenol content (0.3-7.4 mg gallic acid equivalent g(-1) FW) and total antioxidant capacity (0.026-1.858 mg ascorbic acid equivalent g(-1) FW), with the American origin cultivars Robada and NJA(2) and the new cultivar Nike exhibiting the greatest values. The cultivar Tomcot and hybrid 467/99 had the highest content of total carotene (37.8 microg beta-carotene equivalent g(-1) FW), which was up to four times greater as compared with the rest of studied genotypes. The dominant sugar in fruit tissue was sucrose, followed second by glucose and third by sorbitol and fructose-inositol. The new cultivars Nike, Niobe, and Neraida contained relatively higher contents of sucrose and total sugars, while Ninfa and P. Tirynthos contained relatively higher contents of K, Ca, and Mg. Correlation analysis suggested that late-harvesting cultivars/hybrids had greater fruit developmental times (r = 0.817) and contained higher sugar (r = 0.704) and less Mg contents (r= -0.742) in fruit tissue. The total antioxidant capacity was better correlated with the total phenol content (r = 0.954) as compared with the total carotenoid content (r = 0.482). Weak correlations were found between the fruit skin color and the antioxidant contents in flesh tissue. Multivariate analysis allowed the grouping of variables, with more important variables being the harvest date, fruit developmental time, skin Chroma, sorbitol, and total sugar, K and Mg contents. Plotting the genotypes in a dendrogram revealed cases of homonymy between parents and hybrids, although independent segregation of the measured traits after hybridization was also found.

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Physical Characters and Antioxidant, Sugar, and Mineral Nutrient Contents in Fruit from 29 Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars and Hybrids

Drogoudi

Vemmos

Pantelidis

et al. 2008

J. Agric. Food Chem.

129

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“…However, it is to remember that the aim of this work was to check the fate of polyphenols and antioxidant activity after hot air drying, thus we do not care about sensory properties of the dried product, when choosing the cultivars. The two apricot varieties examined showed fairly similar pH and acidity values, which are in the range reported in literature [28].…”

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Effect of drying temperature on polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity of apricots

Madrau

Piscopo

Sanguinetti

et al. 2008

Eur Food Res Technol

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This study was carried out in order to check for the influence of drying parameters on the phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity on two apricot cultivars (Pelese and Cafona) using two sets of air drying temperatures: (1) air temperature at 55°C; (2) air temperature at 75°C. Whole fresh and dried fruits were assessed for: phenolics, ascorbic acid, antioxidant activity and redox potential (all parameters were calculated on a dry matter basis). Analysis of data shows that the decrease in chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acid in Cafona cultivar is higher at the lower drying temperature. Catechin showed the same behaviour of hydroxycinnamic acids in both cultivars, while the decrease in the other compounds was significantly more marked in the sample dried at 75°C. The antioxidant activity increased significantly in Cafona fruits and this increase was confirmed by a diminution of the redox potential.

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“…Introduction Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is one of the most important plants of the genus Prunus L., a member of the Rosaceae family and widely cultivated for its high nutritive value -it includes the nutrients thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, folic acid and vitamin C, for example (Marlett and Vollendorf 1994;Voi et al 1995;Herreman 1996). Apricot is an interfertile diploid species with eight pairs of chromosomes (2n = 16) and has a small genome (5.9 Â 10 8 bp/2n) that is about twice the size of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome and between that of peach (5.3 Â 10 8 bp/2n) and cherry (6.8 Â 10 8 bp/ 2n) (Arumuganathan and Earle 1991).…”

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Identification of selected apricot cultivars using RAPD and EST-SSR markers

Shangguan

Wang²,

et al. 2012

Caryologia

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Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats (EST-SSR) are useful for cultivar identification. In this study, we applied a new approach using RAPD fingerprints to distinguish 34 apricot cultivars based on the optimization of RAPD by choosing 11-nucleotide (nt) primers and strict screening PCR annealing temperature. We further compared the discriminating ability of EST-SSR markers using the same number of primer pairs. The results showed that this new approach can clearly utilize and record the fingerprints generated from various RAPD primers during cultivar identification, and a cultivar identification diagram (CID) could be constructed. The CID approach can be used for efficient identification of apricot cultivars, providing information to separate groups of cultivars. The reliability and efficiency of this method was checked and verified. Five RAPD primers clearly distinguished 34 apricot cultivars, but five EST-SSR primer pairs could only identify 14 cultivars. To the best of our knowledge, this new approach is the most efficient and reliable method for identification of plant varieties by RAPD or EST-SSR markers, and will be very helpful in identification of plant cultivars, for cultivar rights protection and will also be beneficial in the nursery industry due to early identification of seedlings.

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Chemical Characterization of Apricot Puree

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Physical Characters and Antioxidant, Sugar, and Mineral Nutrient Contents in Fruit from 29 Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars and Hybrids

Physical Characters and Antioxidant, Sugar, and Mineral Nutrient Contents in Fruit from 29 Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars and Hybrids

Effect of drying temperature on polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity of apricots

Identification of selected apricot cultivars using RAPD and EST-SSR markers

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