Carbohydrates ofDiospyros kaki

Selected primary and secondary metabolites in fresh persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.): A review of analytical methods and current knowledge of fruit composition and health benefits

“…The main sugars in the flesh of mature fruit are fructose, glucose and sucrose (Candir, Ozdemir, Kaplankiran and Toplu, 2009;Del Bubba et al, 2009;Ittah, 1993;Veberic et al, 2010); while galactose and arabinose are minor components Testoni, 2002). Significant concentrations (1.6-2.2 g/100 g FW) of other monosaccharides, such as rhamnose and ribose, have been determined in ethanol extracts of four astringent persimmon cultivars (Golubev, Kostinskaya, & Khalilov, 1987).…”