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. 2024 Feb 25;20(2):26.
doi: 10.1007/s11306-024-02093-3.

Metabolomics approach for phenolic compounds profiling of soursop (Annona muricata L.) fruit during postharvest storage

Verónica Alhelí Ochoa-Jiménez #  1   2 , Guillermo Berumen-Varela #  1 , Iza Fernanda Pérez-Ramírez  3 , Rosendo Balois-Morales  1 , Alejandro Rubio-Melgarejo  4 , Pedro Ulises Bautista-Rosales  5
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Metabolomics approach for phenolic compounds profiling of soursop (Annona muricata L.) fruit during postharvest storage

Verónica Alhelí Ochoa-Jiménez et al. Metabolomics. .

Abstract

Introduction: Soursop (Annona muricata L.) is a crop with medicinal properties and numerous bioactive compounds. Ripening is a complex process that regulates fruit quality and changes in metabolite content, such as flavonoids, polyphenols, and organic acids.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the phenolic profiling of soursop fruit ripening.

Methods: The metabolic changes in different days of storage of soursop fruits were investigated using a semi-metabolomic approach based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS). Further, multivariate analysis such as supervised partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was conducted to identify differential metabolites.

Results: A total of 68 metabolites were identified in soursop fruit during postharvest storage. A higher number of metabolites were identified in the Day zero (D0) compared to the Day one (D1), Day three (D3), and Day five (D5), belonging to flavonoids, other polyphenols, phenolic acids, and organic acids. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis showed that the pathways of flavone and flavonol biosynthesis, flavonoid biosynthesis, and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites were mostly enriched. Additionally, we included all the compounds and their postharvest storage in the public Phenolics profile database.

Conclusions: Here, we show that the stage of ripening has a significant effect on the phenolic content, highlighting the point of cut (D0) and the onset of senescence (D5). The findings of this study provide new insights into the soursop fruit quality and may contribute to the identification of metabolic markers for its storage.

Keywords: Bioactive compounds; Mass spectrometry; Metabolites; Ripening.

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