Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits

There is very little information available on the chemical composition and the quality attributes of the citrus species studied which are truly endangered in Spain. None of the fruits studied is available for commercial purposes, which is the main interest and novelty of this study. The aim of this...

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Main Authors: Marina Cano-Lamadrid, Leontina Lipan, Francisca Hernández, Juan José Martínez, Pilar Legua, Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina, Pablo Melgarejo
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Food Quality
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3475461
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author Marina Cano-Lamadrid
Leontina Lipan
Francisca Hernández
Juan José Martínez
Pilar Legua
Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina
Pablo Melgarejo
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Leontina Lipan
Francisca Hernández
Juan José Martínez
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description There is very little information available on the chemical composition and the quality attributes of the citrus species studied which are truly endangered in Spain. None of the fruits studied is available for commercial purposes, which is the main interest and novelty of this study. The aim of this work was to fully describe the morphology, volatile composition, and sensory profile of traditional citrus fruits: sour lime (SoLi), sweet lime (SwLi), and sweet lemon (SwLe), to have the information to convince farmers and growers to cultivate these fruits again. The predominant sugar was fructose while citric acid prevails in SoLi and SwLe. Regarding volatiles compounds, monoterpenes, monoterpenoids, and esters predominated in the juices, and these three families plus sesquiterpenes in the peels. The juice of SoLi presented the highest content of esters (14.8%), SwLi juice presented similar values of both monoterpenes and monoterpenoids (46.1 and 46.0%, resp.), and SwLe juice had the highest content of monoterpenes (72.2%). The results demonstrated the high potential of these citrus materials for the agrofood industry. Therefore, it will be possible to recover these vegetal materials at risk of disappearing for potential uses by the food industry and simultaneously help maintaining the biodiversity.
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spelling doaj-art-da36a5337f454f9ca6351d769152cfbc2025-08-20T02:21:11ZengWileyJournal of Food Quality0146-94281745-45572018-01-01201810.1155/2018/34754613475461Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus FruitsMarina Cano-Lamadrid0Leontina Lipan1Francisca Hernández2Juan José Martínez3Pilar Legua4Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina5Pablo Melgarejo6Grupo Calidad y Seguridad Alimentaria (CSA), Departamento de Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainGrupo Calidad y Seguridad Alimentaria (CSA), Departamento de Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainGrupo Calidad y Seguridad Alimentaria (CSA), Departamento de Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela (EPSO), Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Ctra. de Beniel, Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312 Alicante, SpainThere is very little information available on the chemical composition and the quality attributes of the citrus species studied which are truly endangered in Spain. None of the fruits studied is available for commercial purposes, which is the main interest and novelty of this study. The aim of this work was to fully describe the morphology, volatile composition, and sensory profile of traditional citrus fruits: sour lime (SoLi), sweet lime (SwLi), and sweet lemon (SwLe), to have the information to convince farmers and growers to cultivate these fruits again. The predominant sugar was fructose while citric acid prevails in SoLi and SwLe. Regarding volatiles compounds, monoterpenes, monoterpenoids, and esters predominated in the juices, and these three families plus sesquiterpenes in the peels. The juice of SoLi presented the highest content of esters (14.8%), SwLi juice presented similar values of both monoterpenes and monoterpenoids (46.1 and 46.0%, resp.), and SwLe juice had the highest content of monoterpenes (72.2%). The results demonstrated the high potential of these citrus materials for the agrofood industry. Therefore, it will be possible to recover these vegetal materials at risk of disappearing for potential uses by the food industry and simultaneously help maintaining the biodiversity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3475461
spellingShingle Marina Cano-Lamadrid
Leontina Lipan
Francisca Hernández
Juan José Martínez
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Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina
Pablo Melgarejo
Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits
Journal of Food Quality
title Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits
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title_fullStr Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits
title_full_unstemmed Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits
title_short Quality Parameters, Volatile Composition, and Sensory Profiles of Highly Endangered Spanish Citrus Fruits
title_sort quality parameters volatile composition and sensory profiles of highly endangered spanish citrus fruits
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