Acids, Sugars, and Sugar Alcohols in Chinese Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) Fruits

作者：Liu, Pengzhan; Kallio, Heikki; Lu, Deguo; Zhou, Chuansheng; Ou, Shiyi; Yang, Baoru^*

来源：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2010, 58(2): 1012-1019.

DOI：10.1021/jf902773v

• Acids
• Crataegus spp.
• hawthorn
• sugar alcohols
• sugars
• sugar/acid ratio

Acids, sugars, and sugar alcohols in the fruits of 22 cultivars/origins of three species of hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) were analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Citric acid (2.0-8.4 g/100 g dry mass [DM]), quinic acid (0.5-5.6 g/100 g DM), malic acid (0.3-1.1 g/100 g DM), fructose (5.5-18.4 g/100 g DM), glucose (5.3-16.6 g/100 g DM), sorbitol (3.0-15.7 g/100 g DM), and myo-inositol (0.1-0.3 g/100 g DM) were found in all the samples. Sucrose was present only in C. scabrifolia and three cultivars of C. pinnatifida var. major. C. scabrifolia differed from other species by its high content of quinic acid. The cultivars of C. pinnatifida var. major and C. brettschneideri had a higher content of total sugars and a higher sugar/acid ratio than the natural origins of C. pinnatifida and C. scabrifolia (P < 0.05). The hawthorn samples analyzed fell into two groups rich in sugars and acids respectively. This is the first report of the profiles of sugars and sugar alcohols and the occurrence of quinic acid in hawthorn fruits.

• 出版日期2010-1-27
• 单位暨南大学; 沈阳农业大学