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. 2020 Nov 20;9(11):1611.
doi: 10.3390/plants9111611.

Variability in the Content of Phenolic Compounds in Plum Fruit

Mindaugas Liaudanskas  1   2 , Rugilė Okulevičiūtė  1 , Juozas Lanauskas  3 , Darius Kviklys  3   4 , Kristina Zymonė  2 , Tamara Rendyuk  5 , Vaidotas Žvikas  2 , Nobertas Uselis  3 , Valdimaras Janulis  1
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Variability in the Content of Phenolic Compounds in Plum Fruit

Mindaugas Liaudanskas et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the composition and content of phenolic compounds in extracts of plum fruit. Fruit of 17 plum cultivars were analyzed. Fruit samples were collected in 2019 from fruit trees with "Myrobalan" (P. cerasifera Ehrh.) and "Wangenheim Prune" (P. domestica L.) rootstocks. The following glycosides of the flavonol group were identified: avicularin, isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside, isoquercitrin, hyperoside, rutin, and an aglycone quercetin. Compounds of the flavan-3-ol group were identified, such as (+)-catechin, procyanidin C1, and procyanidin A2, along with chlorogenic acid attributed to phenolic acids and a non-phenolic cyclitol-quinic acid. Of all the analytes identified in plum fruit samples, quinic acid predominated, while chlorogenic acid predominated among all the identified phenolic compounds, and rutin predominated in the flavonol group. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that fruit samples of "Kubanskaya Kometa", "Zarechnaya Raniaya", "Duke of Edinburgh", "Jubileum", and "Favorita del Sultano" cultivars had different quantitative content of phenolic compounds from that observed in other samples. The highest total amount of phenolic compounds was found in the European plum samples of the "Zarechnaya Rannyaya" cultivar, while the amount of quinic acid was the highest in plum fruit samples of the "Jubileum" cultivar.

Keywords: P. cerasifera Ehrh.; P. domestica L.; chlorogenic acid; flavan-3-ols; flavonols; quinic acid; rootstock; rutin.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The dendrogram of hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) of plum fruit samples based on the phytochemical composition and mean values of contents of the identified compounds (μg/g DW) of plum cultivar fruit groups extracted using HCA. 1—“Myrobalan” (P. cerasifera Ehrh.) rootstock; 2—“Wangenheim Prune” (P. domestica L.) rootstock.
Figure 2
Figure 2
PCA loading (A,B) and score (C,D) plots of plum fruit samples of different cultivars.
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