A preliminary study of presence of resveratrol in skins and pulps of European and Japanese plum cultivars

Natividad Sebastià; Alegría Montoro; Jordi Mañes; Jose M Soriano

doi:10.1002/jsfa.5759

A preliminary study of presence of resveratrol in skins and pulps of European and Japanese plum cultivars

J Sci Food Agric. 2012 Dec;92(15):3091-4. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.5759. Epub 2012 Jul 4.

Authors

Natividad Sebastià¹, Alegría Montoro, Jordi Mañes, Jose M Soriano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.

PMID: 22763954
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5759

Abstract

Background: Resveratrol is a polyphenol with health properties being mainly present in the skins of several foods. However, any study has been carried out to analyze the presence of this stilbene in the plum fruit from the genus Prunus in European and Japanese cultivars.

Results: The analysis of resveratrol from the skin in different cultivars of plums from Spanish markets with liquid chromatography coupled to ultraviolet (LC-UV) detector with subsequent confirmation by LC-MS/MS has been demonstrated that contents of this compound in plums ranged from 0.1 to 6.2 µg/g.

Conclusions: Values of resveratrol in European plum cultivars is higher than in Japanese cultivars.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromatography, Liquid
Europe
Fruit / chemistry*
Japan
Prunus / chemistry*
Resveratrol
Species Specificity
Stilbenes / analysis*
Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

Stilbenes
Resveratrol