Abstract

The triterpenes, oleanolic acid, OA and its isomer, ursolic acid, UA are important phytochemicals in apple fruit. In order to investigate the influence of cold storage and cultivar differences on the content of major triterpenes in apple peel, the total content of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid were analyzed by HPLC. It was found that the late ripening cultivar ‘Gloster' had higher triterpene content as compared with the early ripening cultivar ‘Discovery' and the middle ripening cultivar ‘Aroma'. The short-term cold storage did not show any significant influence on the triterpene content in any of the three cultivars.

Keywords

oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, ripening, bioactive, defense system

Published in

Acta Horticulturae
2015, Volume: 1071, pages: 365-368
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, PO BOX 500, 3001 LEUVEN 1, BELGIUM

Conference

XIth Int. Controlled and Modified Atmosphere Research Conf.

SLU Authors

• Lv, Yanrong

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Tahir, Ibrahim

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Olsson, Marie

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Horticulture


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1071.46

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/72337