Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries
Abstract
This study characterizes the fruit quality attributes and illustrates the differences in biometrical characteristics, taste- and health-related compounds present in wild bilberry (V. myrtillus) and two commercial blueberry cultivars of V. corymbosum ('Berkeley' and 'Bluecrop'). Fully ripened berries were evaluated for their biometrical characteristics (fruit weight, size, and index of fruit shape), taste compounds (sugars, sweetness index and total acids), and health-beneficial properties (total phenolic content and total antioxidant capacity). V. myrtillus exhibited significantly lower values of fruit weight and size in comparison to blueberry cultivars (0.47 g, 8.6 mm and 9.2 mm, respectively). Cultivar 'Berkeley' yielded the highest glucose and fructose contents (70.8 and 88.8 mg/g FW, respectively), and the sweetness index expressed similar trend achieving the highest value for this cultivar (279.2). Conversely, V. myrtillus contained abundant quantities of total organic acids as a...n important attribute of nutritional fruit quality (0.35 mg/g FW). Vaccinium species differ greatly in their total phenolic content and a very high value of total phenolics obtained in V. myrtillus (3.87 mg GAE/g FW) was 2-fold greater than those of cultivated blueberries. Total antioxidant capacity showed the greatest level for V. myrtillus (6.16 mg asc/g FW), probably reflecting similar expressed total phenolic content. Correlation coefficients between total phenolics and total antioxidant capacity ranged from r = 0.89 ('Bluecrop') to r = 0.95 (V. myrtillus and 'Berkeley').
Keywords:
Antioxidant capacity / Bilberry / Highbush blueberry cultivars / Sugars / Taste / Total acidsSource:
Acta Horticulturae, 2012, 981, 1, 553-558Funding / projects:
- Development of integrated management of harmful organisms in plant production in order to overcome resistance and to improve food quality and safety (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-46008)
- Study of structure-function relationships in the plant cell wall and modifications of the wall structure by enzyme engineering (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173017)
- The membranes as sites of interaction between the intracellular and apoplastic environments: studies of the bioenergetics and signaling using biophysical and biochemical techniques. (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173040)
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Milivojević, Jasminka AU - Radivojević, D. AU - Nikolić, M. AU - Bogdanović-Pristov, Jelena AU - Maksimović, V. PY - 2012 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2830 AB - This study characterizes the fruit quality attributes and illustrates the differences in biometrical characteristics, taste- and health-related compounds present in wild bilberry (V. myrtillus) and two commercial blueberry cultivars of V. corymbosum ('Berkeley' and 'Bluecrop'). Fully ripened berries were evaluated for their biometrical characteristics (fruit weight, size, and index of fruit shape), taste compounds (sugars, sweetness index and total acids), and health-beneficial properties (total phenolic content and total antioxidant capacity). V. myrtillus exhibited significantly lower values of fruit weight and size in comparison to blueberry cultivars (0.47 g, 8.6 mm and 9.2 mm, respectively). Cultivar 'Berkeley' yielded the highest glucose and fructose contents (70.8 and 88.8 mg/g FW, respectively), and the sweetness index expressed similar trend achieving the highest value for this cultivar (279.2). Conversely, V. myrtillus contained abundant quantities of total organic acids as an important attribute of nutritional fruit quality (0.35 mg/g FW). Vaccinium species differ greatly in their total phenolic content and a very high value of total phenolics obtained in V. myrtillus (3.87 mg GAE/g FW) was 2-fold greater than those of cultivated blueberries. Total antioxidant capacity showed the greatest level for V. myrtillus (6.16 mg asc/g FW), probably reflecting similar expressed total phenolic content. Correlation coefficients between total phenolics and total antioxidant capacity ranged from r = 0.89 ('Bluecrop') to r = 0.95 (V. myrtillus and 'Berkeley'). T2 - Acta Horticulturae T1 - Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries EP - 558 IS - 1 SP - 553 VL - 981 DO - 10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.89 ER -
@article{ author = "Milivojević, Jasminka and Radivojević, D. and Nikolić, M. and Bogdanović-Pristov, Jelena and Maksimović, V.", year = "2012", abstract = "This study characterizes the fruit quality attributes and illustrates the differences in biometrical characteristics, taste- and health-related compounds present in wild bilberry (V. myrtillus) and two commercial blueberry cultivars of V. corymbosum ('Berkeley' and 'Bluecrop'). Fully ripened berries were evaluated for their biometrical characteristics (fruit weight, size, and index of fruit shape), taste compounds (sugars, sweetness index and total acids), and health-beneficial properties (total phenolic content and total antioxidant capacity). V. myrtillus exhibited significantly lower values of fruit weight and size in comparison to blueberry cultivars (0.47 g, 8.6 mm and 9.2 mm, respectively). Cultivar 'Berkeley' yielded the highest glucose and fructose contents (70.8 and 88.8 mg/g FW, respectively), and the sweetness index expressed similar trend achieving the highest value for this cultivar (279.2). Conversely, V. myrtillus contained abundant quantities of total organic acids as an important attribute of nutritional fruit quality (0.35 mg/g FW). Vaccinium species differ greatly in their total phenolic content and a very high value of total phenolics obtained in V. myrtillus (3.87 mg GAE/g FW) was 2-fold greater than those of cultivated blueberries. Total antioxidant capacity showed the greatest level for V. myrtillus (6.16 mg asc/g FW), probably reflecting similar expressed total phenolic content. Correlation coefficients between total phenolics and total antioxidant capacity ranged from r = 0.89 ('Bluecrop') to r = 0.95 (V. myrtillus and 'Berkeley').", journal = "Acta Horticulturae", title = "Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries", pages = "558-553", number = "1", volume = "981", doi = "10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.89" }
Milivojević, J., Radivojević, D., Nikolić, M., Bogdanović-Pristov, J.,& Maksimović, V.. (2012). Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries. in Acta Horticulturae, 981(1), 553-558. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.89
Milivojević J, Radivojević D, Nikolić M, Bogdanović-Pristov J, Maksimović V. Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries. in Acta Horticulturae. 2012;981(1):553-558. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.89 .
Milivojević, Jasminka, Radivojević, D., Nikolić, M., Bogdanović-Pristov, Jelena, Maksimović, V., "Assessment of fruit quality and antioxidant capacity of some vaccinium berries" in Acta Horticulturae, 981, no. 1 (2012):553-558, https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.89 . .