Systematic Study of the Content of Phytochemicals in Fresh and Fresh-Cut Vegetables
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Alarcón Flores, María Isabel; Romero González, Roberto; Martínez Vidal, José Luis; Garrido Frenich, AntoniaFecha
2015-05-06Resumen
Vegetables and fruits have beneficial properties for human health, because of the presence of phytochemicals, but their concentration can fluctuate throughout the year. A systematic study of the phytochemical content in tomato, eggplant, carrot, broccoli and grape (fresh and fresh-cut) has been performed at different seasons, using liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. It was observed that phenolic acids (the predominant group in carrot, eggplant and tomato) were found at higher concentrations in fresh carrot than in fresh-cut carrot. However, in the case of eggplant, they were detected at a higher content in fresh-cut than in fresh samples. Regarding tomato, the differences in the content of phenolic acids between fresh and fresh-cut were lower than in other matrices, except in winter sampling, where this family was detected at the highest concentration in fresh tomato. In grape, the flavonols content (predominant group) was higher in fresh grape than i...
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one-year monitoring
phytochemicals
vegetables
fruits
fresh
fresh-cut