Sugars and Organic Acids in 25 Strawberry Cultivars: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation
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Milosavljević, DragicaMaksimović, Vuk
Milivojević, Jasminka
Djekić, Ilija
Wolf, Bianca
Zuber, Jan
Vogt, Carla
Dragišić Maksimović, Jelena
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(1) The nutritional quality of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) fruits, among others, is largely maintained by the presence of soluble sugars and organic acids. As the primary products of photosynthesis, they are energy depots in plants, necessary for the construction of cell constituents, but also serve as precursors of aromatic compounds and signaling molecules. (2) In this study, fruits of 25 strawberry cultivars were qualitatively and quantitatively characterized concerning individual sugars and organic acids by HPLC, FT-ICR-MS, and MS imaging analysis. In addition, the total quality index (TQI), as a novel mathematical model, was used to compare all individual parameters evaluated to obtain a quantitative single score, as an indicator of overall fruit quality. (3) Regardless of a large number of cultivars and monitored parameters that were studded, several cultivars stood out in terms of selected primary metabolites, such as 'Rumba', 'Jeny', and 'Sandra', while the latter had... the best TQI score. (4) Intercultivar variations in sugars and organic acids profiles, along with other bioactive compounds, should be considered for selection of promising cultivars with improved naturally occurring nutraceutical traits. Besides the search for a pleasant taste, increased awareness of healthy nutrition resulted in heightening consumer demand for high-quality fruit.
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FT-ICR-MS / HPLC-DAD / HPLC-ECD / mass spectrometry imaging / organic acids / strawberry fruit / sugars / TQISource:
Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023, 12, 12, 2238-Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200053 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200053)
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200116 (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200116)
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Milosavljević, Dragica AU - Maksimović, Vuk AU - Milivojević, Jasminka AU - Djekić, Ilija AU - Wolf, Bianca AU - Zuber, Jan AU - Vogt, Carla AU - Dragišić Maksimović, Jelena PY - 2023 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37375864 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6393 AB - (1) The nutritional quality of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) fruits, among others, is largely maintained by the presence of soluble sugars and organic acids. As the primary products of photosynthesis, they are energy depots in plants, necessary for the construction of cell constituents, but also serve as precursors of aromatic compounds and signaling molecules. (2) In this study, fruits of 25 strawberry cultivars were qualitatively and quantitatively characterized concerning individual sugars and organic acids by HPLC, FT-ICR-MS, and MS imaging analysis. In addition, the total quality index (TQI), as a novel mathematical model, was used to compare all individual parameters evaluated to obtain a quantitative single score, as an indicator of overall fruit quality. (3) Regardless of a large number of cultivars and monitored parameters that were studded, several cultivars stood out in terms of selected primary metabolites, such as 'Rumba', 'Jeny', and 'Sandra', while the latter had the best TQI score. (4) Intercultivar variations in sugars and organic acids profiles, along with other bioactive compounds, should be considered for selection of promising cultivars with improved naturally occurring nutraceutical traits. Besides the search for a pleasant taste, increased awareness of healthy nutrition resulted in heightening consumer demand for high-quality fruit. T2 - Plants (Basel, Switzerland) T2 - Plants (Basel, Switzerland)Plants (Basel) T1 - Sugars and Organic Acids in 25 Strawberry Cultivars: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation IS - 12 SP - 2238 VL - 12 DO - 10.3390/plants12122238 ER -
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Milosavljević, D., Maksimović, V., Milivojević, J., Djekić, I., Wolf, B., Zuber, J., Vogt, C.,& Dragišić Maksimović, J.. (2023). Sugars and Organic Acids in 25 Strawberry Cultivars: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation. in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 12(12), 2238. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122238
Milosavljević D, Maksimović V, Milivojević J, Djekić I, Wolf B, Zuber J, Vogt C, Dragišić Maksimović J. Sugars and Organic Acids in 25 Strawberry Cultivars: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation. in Plants (Basel, Switzerland). 2023;12(12):2238. doi:10.3390/plants12122238 .
Milosavljević, Dragica, Maksimović, Vuk, Milivojević, Jasminka, Djekić, Ilija, Wolf, Bianca, Zuber, Jan, Vogt, Carla, Dragišić Maksimović, Jelena, "Sugars and Organic Acids in 25 Strawberry Cultivars: Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation" in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 12, no. 12 (2023):2238, https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12122238 . .