Determination of Selected Beneficial Substances in Peach Fruits
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Department of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice, Mendel University in Brno, 691 44 Lednice, Czech Republic
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Department of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Products, Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice, Mendel University in Brno, 691 44 Lednice, Czech Republic
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Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey
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Sustainability 2021, 13(24), 14028; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414028
Received: 3 November 2021
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Revised: 8 December 2021
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Accepted: 13 December 2021
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Published: 20 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Fruit Growing: From Orchard to Table)
Peaches (Prunus persica L.) are a popular and sought-after dessert fruit. This is mainly due to their flavour, aroma, attractive appearance, and high content of substances that play an important role in human nutrition. The present study was carried out to determine some important analytical properties (sugars/sucrose, glucose, fructose and sorbitol), total acid, total phenolics, flavonoids, antioxidant capacity, carotenoids and anthocyanins of 34 selected peach varieties. The analyses are also complemented by colorimetric measurements of peach skin colour using CIELAB and other chromatic parameters. The results show, for example, that all peach varieties are good sources of phenolic compounds (9.43–577 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE).100 g−1), flavonoids (1.12–95.1 mg catechin equivalent (CAE).100 g−1), and antioxidant capacity (136–462 mg Trolox equivalent (TE).100 g−1).
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Keywords:
Prunus persica L.; colour; chemical contents; antioxidant capacity; sugar
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Mrázová, M.; Rampáčková, E.; Šnurkovič, P.; Ondrášek, I.; Nečas, T.; Ercisli, S. Determination of Selected Beneficial Substances in Peach Fruits. Sustainability 2021, 13, 14028. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414028
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Mrázová M, Rampáčková E, Šnurkovič P, Ondrášek I, Nečas T, Ercisli S. Determination of Selected Beneficial Substances in Peach Fruits. Sustainability. 2021; 13(24):14028. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414028
Chicago/Turabian StyleMrázová, Martina, Eliška Rampáčková, Petr Šnurkovič, Ivo Ondrášek, Tomáš Nečas, and Sezai Ercisli. 2021. "Determination of Selected Beneficial Substances in Peach Fruits" Sustainability 13, no. 24: 14028. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132414028
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