Phytochemical characterization in traditional and modern apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars – Nutritional value and its relation to origin

Kafkaletou, Mina; Kalantzis, Ioannis; Karantzi, Athanasia D.; Christopoulos, Miltiadis V.; Tsantili, Eleni

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2019.04.032

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“…The presence of ascorbic acid is an essential factor not only for the beneficial effects that such molecule can exert on health but also for applications relating to the food industry, since it is attributed to the ascorbic acid a role in inhibiting the action of polyphenol oxidases and therefore in delaying the browning of the fruits [ 26 ]. The amount of ascorbic acid was higher than those reported by Cui et al 2019 [ 27 ], and, for the majority of the cultivars analyzed by us, greater than those reported by Wani et al [ 28 ], and Kafkaledou [ 29 ], which observed in eight apricot cultivars a content never higher than 0.987 mg 100 g −1 of product. Our data resulted in higher also respect to those indicated by Nourozi and Sayyari [ 30 ], about the variety Nouri that never exceeded 2.4 mg kg −1 of fresh product.…”

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Biochemical Characterization of Traditional Varieties of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) of the Campania Region, Southern Italy

Fratianni

d’Acierno

Albanese

et al. 2021

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Campania is the most important region of Italy in the apricot cultivation, present mostly in the Vesuvio area. At least to the best of our knowledge, no studies are reporting the biochemical characterization of the considerable number of traditional apricot varieties present on this territory, including the qualitative and quantitative profile of the polyphenols present. Our work evaluated the content of β-carotene, total phenolics, phenolic profiles, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activity of 23 traditional varieties of apricots of the Campania region. Principal component analysis (PCA) highlighted that, in the two main groups, the antioxidant activity was strongly affected by the content of ascorbic acid (−0.89), or slightly affected by the content of total polyphenols (−0.67), respect to the content of ascorbic acid (−0.55), never by β-carotene. Chlorogenic acid (up to 55.07 μg g−1) and catechin (up to 96.15 μg g−1) resulted the most abundant polyphenols recognized through the chromatographic analysis. PCA, extended to the polyphenol profile, confirmed the distribution of the varieties in two large groups, evidencing once again the hierarchical distance of four varieties (“Panzona”, “Paolona” “Baracca” and “Boccucia Eboli”) compared to the others.

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Biochemical Characterization of Traditional Varieties of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) of the Campania Region, Southern Italy

Fratianni

d’Acierno

Albanese

et al. 2021

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“…Hierarchical analysis indicated that different clusters could be associated with some qualitative pomological traits, although the quantitative traits under investigation were higher in number and with good variability. For instance, the variation of TSC and TA was higher compared to traditional apricot landraces and similar to that reported in contemporary cultivars [ 39 , 46 ], implying that the traditional germplasm can be a potential source of variation of quality-related fruit traits [ 12 ]. This is relevant because, different from other works [ 37 , 46 , 47 ], we analysed plants growing in the same environment and with the same cultural practices [ 39 ], allowing us to untangle the genetic and environmental contribution to quantitative trait variation.…”

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Diversity and Relationships among Neglected Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Landraces Using Morphological Traits and SSR Markers: Implications for Agro-Biodiversity Conservation

Corrado

Forlani

Rao

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Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is an economically important tree species globally cultivated in temperate areas. Italy has an ample number of traditional varieties, but numerous landraces are abandoned and at risk of extinction because of increasing urbanization, agricultural intensification, and varietal renewal. In this work, we investigated the morphological and genetic diversity present in an ex-situ collection of 28 neglected varieties belonging to the so-called “Vesuvian apricot”. Our aim was to understand the level of diversity and the possible link between the promotion of specific fruit types (e.g., by public policies) and the intraspecific variation in apricot. The combination of five continuous and seven categorical traits allowed us to phenotypically distinguish the varieties; while fruit quality-related attributes displayed high variation, both apricot size and skin colour were more uniform. The twelve fluorescent-based Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) markers identified cultivar-specific molecular profiles and revealed a high molecular diversity, which poorly correlated with that described by the morphological analysis. Our results highlighted the complementary information provided by the two sets of descriptors and that DNA markers are necessary to separate morphologically related apricot landraces. The observed morphological and genetic differences suggest a loss of diversity influenced by maintenance breeding of specific pomological traits (e.g., skin colour and size). Finally, our study provided evidence to recommend complementary strategies to avoid the loss of diversity in apricot. Actions should pivot on both the promotion of easily identified premium products and more inclusive biodiversity-centred on-farm strategies.

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“…2, Table 4). Kafkaletou et al (2019) reported that the total content of flavonoids was between 16.87 and 41.42 mg CAE/100 g FW. Other studies of the total content of flavonoids in strawberries found it was as much as 70.5 mg CAE/100 g FW (Meyers et al, 2003).…”

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Analysis of Phenolic Compounds and Some Important Analytical Properties in Selected Apricot Genotypes

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Kumšta

Rampáčková

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The apricot is attractive for several reasons, with the most important being the harvest period and the significant amount of contained substances that positively affect human health. This report discusses the identification and quantification of phenolic substances in 15 selected apricots. The following 14 phenolic compounds were identified: 4aminobenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, cinnamic acid, flavonols quercetin and quercitrin, isoquercetin (quercetin-3-β-D-glucoside), rutin, resveratrol, vanillin, phloridzin, phloretin, epicatechin, catechin, and transpiceid. Significant amounts of phytochemicals found in apricot fruits are chlorogenic acid [0.69–21.94 mg/100 g fresh weight (FW)], catechin (0.55–10.75 mg/100 g FW), epicatechin (0.04–13.52 mg/100 g FW), and rutin (1.49–20.44 mg/100 g FW). Rutin and chlorogenic acid were the dominant compounds found in the studied set of cultivars. Furthermore, other important analytical properties of fruits (total acids, vitamin C, total content of phenolic substances, flavonoids, antioxidant capacity, and carotenoids) were also determined.

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Phytochemical characterization in traditional and modern apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars – Nutritional value and its relation to origin

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References 34 publications

Biochemical Characterization of Traditional Varieties of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) of the Campania Region, Southern Italy

Biochemical Characterization of Traditional Varieties of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) of the Campania Region, Southern Italy

Diversity and Relationships among Neglected Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Landraces Using Morphological Traits and SSR Markers: Implications for Agro-Biodiversity Conservation

Analysis of Phenolic Compounds and Some Important Analytical Properties in Selected Apricot Genotypes

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