Total, cumulative fast-kinetics and cumulative slow-kinetics antiradical activities of juices from clementine ( Citrus clementina ), clementine-hybrids and satsuma ( Citrus unshiu ) cultivars and their utility as discriminant variables.

Enrique Sentandreu; Luis Izquierdo; José Sendra

Abstract  Mandarin juices from three pure clementine (Citrus clementina Hort. ex Tan.) cultivars: Clemenules, Hernandine and Marisol, two clementine-hybrid cultivars: Nova (clementinetangelo Orlando) and Fortune (clementine mandarin Dancy), one mandarin-hybrid cultivar: Ortanique (mandarinorange) and one satsuma (Citrus unshiu Marc) cultivar: Clauselline have been analysed for determination of total, cumulative fast-kinetics and cumulative slow-kinetics antiradical activities. Total antiradical activity followed the order: pure clementine and Nova> Ortanique>Fortune and Clauselline. Cumulative fast-kinetics antiradical activity was the major contributor to total antiradical activity, accounting for about 87% as average. Ascorbic acid content was the major contributor to cumulative fast-kinetics antiradical activity, accounting for about 93.5% as average. A weak correlation (r 2=0.151) between total flavanone-7-O-glycosides (FGs, Narirutin, Hesperidin and Didymin) content and cumulative slow-kinetics antiradical activity was observed. However, ascorbic acid and total FGs contents showed a significant negative correlation (r 2=0.658). By using the cumulative fast-kinetics and slow-kinetics antiradical activities as variables, all the assayed juices were significantly discriminated (<0.05) by statistical multivariate discriminant analysis.

CULTIVARS; DETERMINATIVE mineralogy; ORGANIC compounds; SURFACE chemistry

European Food Research & Technology, 2007, Vol 225, Issue 2, p271

1438-2377

Academic Journal

10.1007/s00217-006-0414-x