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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract

In Slovakia, snowy mespilus (Amelanchier × lamarckii F. G. Schroed.) is recognized both as an ornamental plant and alesser-known fruit species, prized for its high levels of bioactive compounds, particularly polyphenols. The aim of this study was todetect the polyphenolic profile of snowy mespilus and to assess polyphenol accumulation in cells. The total polyphenol content wasdetermined by the Folin–Ciocalteu method, antioxidant activity by the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assayand the 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) method, and individual polyphenolic compounds by the highperformanceliquid chromatography (HPLC) method. The results of analyses revealed that among the phenolic acids, chlorogenicacid was the most prevalent [44.24 ± 0.2 μg/g fresh weight (FW); 123.75 μg/g ± 1.0 dry weight (DW)], while among the flavonoids,epigallocatechin (13.17 ± 0.2 μg/g FW; 36.84 ± 0.3 μg/g DW) and quercetin (7.6 ± 0.0 μg/g FW; 21.25 ± 0.1 μg/g DW) were dominant.These polyphenolic compounds are primarily accumulated in the epidermis and hypodermis cells of the fruits, with anthocyaningranules being the predominant polyphenols.

Author ORCID Identifier

LUBA DURISOVA: 0000-0002-9354-5223

TUNDE JURIKOVA: 0000-0002-8286-8262

MONIKA ONDRASOVA: 0000-0002-7212-8973

PAVOL ELIAS JR.: 0000-0002-4338-2470

DENİZ HAZAR: 0000-0002-2457-5955

JIRI MLCEK: 0000-0002-5753-8560

DOI

10.55730/1300-011X.3334

Keywords

Amelanchier, fruit anatomy, juneberry, polyphenols

First Page

80

Last Page

88

Publisher

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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