Article
Phenotypic characterization of qualitative parameters and antioxidant contents in peach and nectarine fruit and changes after jam preparation.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 1 Aug 2017
Drogoudi Pavlina, Gerasopoulos Dimitrios, Kafkaletou Mina, Tsantili Eleni
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sugars and antioxidants in peaches contribute to fresh fruit quality and nutrition; however, information on widely grown cultivars and changes induced after peach jam preparation is limited. In the present study, colour, sugars and antioxidant parameters were determined in fruit and jam from 45 peach and nectarine cultivars. RESULTS: Pronounced varietal differences were found in sorbitol (42-fold...
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