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Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

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<strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Papers</strong>. <strong>Series</strong> B, <strong>Horticulture</strong>. Vol. LVII, 2013Print ISSN 2285-5653, CD-ROM ISSN 2285-5661, Online ISSN 2286-1580, ISSN-L 2285-5653DETERMINATION ON VITAMIN C IN SEVERAL OLD ROMANIANAPPLE CULTIVARS BY HPLC DURING COLD STORAGEAbstractDan Petrior MANAFU, Dorel HOZA, Ligia ION1 University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest,59 Marasti Blvd, 011464, Bucharest, RomaniaCorresponding author email: ionnagyligia@yahoo.frHigh pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) methods were used for measurement of vitamin C and organic acidchanges of forty old Romanian apple cultivars (“Prescurate”,“Gurguiate”,“Zori”,“Carla”,“Mohorat”, “Trotuse”, “MereTari”,”Mar Orbai” etc.) during cold storage. Harvested apples at the last stage of commercial ripeness were placed inperforated stored at 0°C temperature and 90-95% relative humidity for 60 days. Vitamin C content decreased in allcultivars but no significant differences were found in the most important of them from the beginning to the end of thestorage. The highest share of total acids was contributed by citric acid. The high level of vitamin C was measured in thecultivars” Trotuse”, “Ancuta”,”Wachsman Sammeling”and “Wachsman Amalie”. Malic acid content of cultivars alsodecreased with storage time. Tartaric, oxalic and fumaric acid contents fluctuated during storage, but at the end of coldstorage these organic acids had decreased in comparison to initial values.Key words: apple, acids, HPLC, organic ,storage, vitamin C.INTRODUCTIONVariety Office) are applied, as the briefdescriptions and number codes provideThe Apple (Malus x malus) is one of leadingsufficient information for cultivars to befruits which is being grown in temperate regiondifferentiated. They have the advantage thatof the world. Its beautiful appearance, crispythey can be applied on an international scaleflesh, pleasant flavour and sweet taste attractand enable the results obtained by differentthe consumers and fetch high (Adisa, 1986)research teams to be easily compared.Of the old genotypes known to exist in theThe nutritional value of apples is mainly due toCarpathian Basin, almost 200 local cultivarsthe content of Vitamin C (Sanz et al., 1999). Ashave been collected in the germoplasmantioxidant content is becoming an increasinglycollection over the last years.important parameter with respect to fruits andSome of the cultivars found in the germoplasmvegetables, it is of great interest to evaluatecollection could be use not only in breeding,changes in the antioxidant status during fruitbut also in organic farming, so there is a greatstorage (Perez and Sanz, 2001).need for the re-evaluation of the old appleDuring the postharvest period of strawberries,cultivars. Some of the old apple varieties haveprompt cooling and providing properbecome well adapted to the soil and climatictemperature (0°C) and relative humidity (90-conditions of the Carpathian Basin producing95%) are the most important factors togood yields and highly appreciated fruit qualitypreventing the undesirable quality changes(Mitre et al., 2009)(Kader, 1990). The concentration of organicIt is important to examine old apple cultivarsacids is an important factor influencing thebecause the pomological descriptions availableorganoleptic properties of fruits (Lee andfor old cultivars are not uniform. ManyKader, 2000). Their changes during storagecollections of cultivar descriptions use severalshould be reduced. Besides good sensorynames for one cultivar, or the same name forfeatures, consumers prefer apples because ofseveral cultivars. Nowadays, in most cases theguidelines given by UPOV (Uniontheir high content of vitamin C (Schöpplei etInternationale pour la Protection des Obtentionsal., 2002).Végétales) or CPVO (Community PlantVitamin C, one of the most importantnutritional quality factors in apples, has been209

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