TAILIEUCHUNG - Game of Tones: Sugars, organic acids and phenolics in green and purple asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) cultivars

The content of selected compounds was compared among different spear sections (the tip, the middle, and the base) of green (Ariane F1, Dariana F1, Darsiane F1, Mondeo F1, Primaverde F1, and Viridis F1) and purple (Burgundine F1 and Pacific Purple F1) asparagus cultivars. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Turk J Agric For (2018) 42: 55-66 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Article Game of Tones: sugars, organic acids, and phenolics in green and purple asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) cultivars 1, 1 1 Ana SLATNAR *, Maja MIKULIC-PETKOVSEK , Franci STAMPAR , 1 1 1 2 Robert VEBERIC , Jasmina HORVAT , Marijana JAKSE , Helena SIRCELJ 1 Chair for Fruit, Wine, and Vegetable Growing, Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 Chair for Applied Botany, Ecology, Plant Physiology, and Informatics, Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: The content of selected compounds was compared among different spear sections (the tip, the middle, and the base) of green (Ariane F1, Dariana F1, Darsiane F1, Mondeo F1, Primaverde F1, and Viridis F1) and purple (Burgundine F1 and Pacific Purple F1) asparagus cultivars. Sugars, organic acids, anthocyanins, flavonols, flavones, and hydroxycinnamic acids were determined by HPLC. No significant differences in the content of organic acids, sugars, and hydroxycinnamic acids were detected among cultivars. However, purple cultivars contained the highest levels of anthocyanins. The content of flavonols, flavones, hydroxycinnamic acids, and total phenols were not color-dependent. High flavonol content was characteristic for all analyzed asparagus cultivars and ranged from to mg kg–1 FW. The content of organic acids and phenolic compounds increases from the base to the tip of spears. On the contrary, the levels of anthocyanins and sugars were significantly higher in the basal part of asparagus spears. Key words: Asparagus, total phenolic content, flavonols, hydroxycinnamic acids, color measurement, HPLC-MS 1. Introduction Asparagus, a .

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• Asparagus cultivars
• Total phenolic content
• Hydroxycinnamic acids
• Color measurement
• HPLC MS