Some physical, pomological and nutritional properties of two plum (Prunus domestica L.) cultivars

Ertekin, Can; Gözlekçi, Şadiye; Kabaş, Önder; Sönmez, Sahriye; Akinci, İbrahim

doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.04.034

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“…It has high nutritional and medicinal value; the fruit is rich in proteins, calcium, potassium and phosphorus (Ertekin et al, 2006). The plum fruit is a good source of vitamins, minerals, fiber and enzymes that are good for the digestive system and positively associated with nutrient intake, improves anthropometric measurements; the prune is a useful antistresser (Hiramoto, 2008) and reduces risk of hypertension (Beals and Fulgoni, 2005;Ahmed et al, 2010a).…”

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Melittophilous Mode of Pollination Predominates in European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) in the Semi-Arid Environment of Northwest India

Wadhwa¹,

Sihag²

2015

Asian J. of Agricultural Research

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European plum (Prunus domestica L.) is an important fruit and medicinal plant. This fruit plant is a new introduction in the Northwest region of India. Flowers of this plant need crosspollination for fruit set. However, the spectrum of pollinators and their relative role in pollination of flowers of this fruit plant in this region is not known. To meet these objectives, the present study was carried out. An entire range of flower visitors of this fruit plant was captured with hand net from its field and were identified. On the basis of foraging mode, the flower visitors were characterized as pollinators and non-pollinators. Their relative abundances, foraging rates, activity durations and number of pollen grains carried on the surface were recorded and these parameters were used to determine their pollinating efficiencies. During the two years of this study, a total of 12 insect species were observed on the three varieties of plum at Hisar. Among these insect visitors, five species belonged to Hymenoptera, five to Diptera, one to Lepidoptera and one to Coleoptera. Apis dorsata was the most abundant visitor having maximal foraging rate and carried maximal number of loose pollen grains and proved to be the most efficient pollinator of plum (P. domestica) in both the seasons followed by A. mellifera, A. cerana and A. florea; the dipterans were the least efficient pollinators of plum in both the years. On the basis of these parameters, melittophilous mode of pollination was found to predominate in this fruit plant in the semi-arid environment of Northwest India. Conservation of wild honeybees has been recommended.

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Melittophilous Mode of Pollination Predominates in European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) in the Semi-Arid Environment of Northwest India

Wadhwa¹,

Sihag²

2015

Asian J. of Agricultural Research

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“…citric and maleic acids, fibers (pectins), tannins, aromatic substances, chlorophyll, carotenoids, anthocyanins and enzymes. These substances determine nutritive value and taste of plums [12]. Plum is a fruit rich in phenolic compounds, characterized by relatively high antioxidant activity, higher than for example orange, apple or strawberries [13].…”

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“…[3,5]. Furthermore, as happens for other fruits that are often picked unripe for commercial handling purposes, peach antioxidant content may be affected by the stage of fruit ripening at harvest, storage techniques [12] and time elapsed between harvest and consumption [5]. Although phenolic compounds have bioactivities which could have a positive impact on health [23], they could provoke undesirable effects such as astringency and bitterness [1,7,24,25].…”

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Chemometric characterization of peach, nectarine and plum cultivars according to fruit phenolic content and antioxidant activity

Mitić

Ilić

Dimitrijević

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-Introduction. Deciduous tree fruits like peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica), nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica (Suckow) C.K.Schneid), and especialy plum (Prunus domestica L. ssp. domestica) are very common in Serbia. These fruits are known for their nutritional value and therapeutic properties and are valuable sources of antioxidants. Materials and methods. The goal of this work was to evaluate fruit tissue antioxidant activity using methanol extracts of 9 peach, 3 nectarine and 7 plum cultivars. The following parameters were measured: total phenolic content (TPC); antioxidant activity as estimated by radical scavenging activity of (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, DPPH); cation decolorization activity (2,2-azinobis-3 ethylbenxothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid, ABTS); ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP); cupric reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC); and total reducing power (TRP). Results and discussion. Total phenolic contents of the plum cultivars were higher than those of peach and nectarine and significant positive correlations were recorded between all antioxidant activity assays and total phenolic contents. Results obtained by principal component analysis (PCA) are in agreement with those obtained by cluster analysis (CA). Conclusion. The selected methods revealed antioxidant activities for all plum cultivars significantly higher than in the peach and nectarine cultivars. PCA and CA allow grouping the different fruit species based on TPC, DPPH, ABTS, TRP, FRAP and CUPRAC values.

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“…The fruit is an edible oval drupe 1.5-3 centimetres deep ) Figure1(. Its precise natural distribution is uncertain due to extensive cultivation, but is thought to be in southern Asia, between Lebanon, northern India, and southern and central China, and possibly also southeastern Europe though more likely introduced there [24].To develop appropriate equipment for harvesting, handling, conveying cleaning, delivering, separating, packing, storing, drying and processing of agricultural products, the detailed knowledge of physical properties of crops are essential [8].Some physical properties have been studied for various agricultural products fruits and crops by other researchers such as cocoa bean [4], plum [11], soybean [16], Jatrophacurcas L. fruits, nuts and kernels [27]pigeon pea [26], olive cultivars [21], wheat [30], caperfruit (Capparisspp) [25], nutmeg [5],watermelon seed [15], pistachio nut and its kernel [23], and palm fruit, kernel and nut [9]. Size and shape of potato tubers [29] determined the physical properties of common varieties of Iranian grown potatoes and the relationships among their physical characteristics [31] compared several properties of four orange varieties.…”

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Determination of Some Physical Properties of Dried Jujube Fruit

Pourjafar¹

2017

IRA-JAS

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Some physical properties of Iranian Jujube fruit were evaluated. Jujube fruit samples mean values of length, width, thickness were found as 18.005mm, 14.96 mm, 15.26 mm. Arithmetic mean diameter, geometric mean diameter were found as 16.08mm, 16.01 respectively and surface area, Sphericity, porosity, mass, volume, bulk density and true density were also found as: 805.65 mm2 ,89%, 77.2%, 1.45gr, 2.61 cm3 , 0.23gr cm-3, 0.55gr cm-3 respectively. Projected area perpendicular to length, width and thickness were measured as, 152.03 mm2, 220.02 mm2, 271.4mm2 respectively. With comparison between friction coefficients on different surface for Jujube fruit. The results showed that the static coefficient of friction was more than dynamic coefficient of friction.The tests done on the galvanized steel surface, plywood and glass surface. The most coefficient of friction was found on the plywood surface and the least coefficient of friction was measured on the glass surface.

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Some physical, pomological and nutritional properties of two plum (Prunus domestica L.) cultivars

Cited by 88 publications

References 14 publications

Melittophilous Mode of Pollination Predominates in European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) in the Semi-Arid Environment of Northwest India

Melittophilous Mode of Pollination Predominates in European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) in the Semi-Arid Environment of Northwest India

Chemometric characterization of peach, nectarine and plum cultivars according to fruit phenolic content and antioxidant activity

Determination of Some Physical Properties of Dried Jujube Fruit

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