“…Further, UV light plays an important role in the anthocyanin synthesis of apple (Arakawa, 1988(Arakawa, , 2000Kubo et al, 1988), sweet cherry (Arakawa, 1993;Kataoka et al, 1996), peach (Kataoka and Beppu, 2004), and grape (Kataoka et al, 2003). UV-B irradiation enhanced the phenolic acid content of harvested apple fruit (Lancaster et al, 2000), and UV-C irradiation enhanced the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of harvested strawberry fruit (Erkan et al, 2008). Our results showed that UV light contributed profoundly to the expression of red, phenolic content, and antioxidant activity in Japanese apricot fruit.…”