Title
Anthocyanin characterization, total phenolic quantification and antioxidant features of some chilean edible berry extracts
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Chile
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
The anthocyanin composition and HPLC fingerprints of six small berries endemic of the VIII region of Chile were investigated using high resolution mass analysis for the first time (HR-ToF-ESI-MS). The antioxidant features of the six endemic species were compared, including a variety of blueberries which is one of the most commercially significant berry crops in Chile. The anthocyanin fingerprints obtained for the fruits were compared and correlated with the antioxidant features measured by the bleaching of the DPPH radical, the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), the superoxide anion scavenging activity assay (SA), and total content of phenolics, flavonoids and anthocyanins measured by spectroscopic methods. Thirty one anthocyanins were identified, and the major ones were quantified by HPLC-DAD, mostly branched 3-O-glycosides of delphinidin, cyanidin, petunidin, peonidin and malvidin. Three phenolic acids (feruloylquinic acid, chlorogenic acid, and neochlorogenic acid) and five flavonols (hyperoside, isoquercitrin, quercetin, rutin, myricetin and isorhamnetin) were also identified. Calafate fruits showed the highest antioxidant activity (2.33 ± 0.21 μg/mL in the DPPH assay), followed by blueberry (3.32 ± 0.18 μg/mL), and arrayán (5.88 ± 0.21), respectively. © 2014 by the authors.
Start page
10936
End page
10955
Volume
19
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Protección y nutrición de las plantas
Agricultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84906663671
PubMed ID
Source
Molecules
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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