Physicochemical Characteristics of Selected Sweet Cherry Cultivars
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 46 (2), 471-476
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf970646j
Abstract
The volatile, sugar, and organic acid constituents in 12 cultivars and selections of sweet cherries (Prunus avium L.) were characterized and quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography (GC). Fruit weight, soluble solids concentration (SSC), pH, titratable acidity (TA), and color (CIE L*, a*, b*) were also determined at harvest. Weight ranged from 8.8 to 14.5 g per fruit, SSC from 13.5 to 24.5 °Brix, and SSC/TA ratio from 18.3 to 29.0. Chroma was a better indicator of color variations among sweet cherry cultivars compared to the hue angle as it correlated highly with L*, a*, and b* values (r > 0.90). The major nonvolatile constituents varied widely among cultivars: glucose [5.2−8.8 g/100 g of fresh weight (FW)], fructose (4.4−6.4 g/100 g of FW), sorbitol and mannitol (2.2−8.0 g/100 g of FW), and malic acid (502.7−948.3 mg/100 g of FW). Three principal components accounted for 53.3% of the total variation among 50 volatile compounds assessed by a dynamic headspace GC method. (E)-2-Hexenol, benzaldehyde, hexanal, and (E)-2-hexenal were predominant flavor volatiles and could be used to segregate commercial and new cherry selections into various subgroups. Keywords: Sweet cherry; volatiles; sugars; acids; colorKeywords
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