Phenolic acid profiles in some small berries

J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Mar 23;53(6):2118-24. doi: 10.1021/jf040411p.

Abstract

The composition of phenolic acids in several small berries grown in Northeastern Poland, namely, low-bush blueberries, black mulberries, European juneberries, black currants, fruits of blue-berried honeysuckle, and blackberries, was determined by gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS). The total content of phenolic acids, identified by GC-MS, ranged from 2845.8 +/- 141.0 (black mulberries) to 5418.2 +/- 228.0 (blue-berried honeysuckle). Twenty phenolic acids were identified in the berries. Of these, hydroxycaffeic, m- and p-coumaric, and 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acids were the major phenolic acids in blackberries and blueberries, m-coumaric acid was the major phenolic acid in blue-berried honeysuckle and black currant fruits, while salicylic, caffeic, and m- and p-coumaric acids were the predominant phenolic acids in European juneberries. Syringic and veratric acids were detected only in blueberries, while p-hydroxybenzoic and sinapic acids were present only in black currants and o-coumaric acid was present in blueberries and black mulberries. The phenolic acids liberated from esters and glycosidic bonds were the major fractions of phenolic acids in the berries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blueberry Plants / chemistry
  • Caffeic Acids
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hydroxy Acids / analysis
  • Hydroxybenzoates / analysis*
  • Morus / chemistry
  • Ribes / chemistry
  • Rosaceae / chemistry

Substances

  • Caffeic Acids
  • Hydroxy Acids
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • phenolic acid
  • caffeic acid