Volume 44, December 01, 2015, Article number 2626, Pages 214-224
a
Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, 2440 boulevard Hochelaga, Québec, QC, Canada
b Department of Medicine, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute (CRIUCPQ), Laval University, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Québec, QC, Canada
c Populations Health and Optimal Health Practices Axis, CHU de Québec Research Center, 2875 Boulevard Laurier, Québec, QC, Canada
b Department of Medicine, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute (CRIUCPQ), Laval University, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Québec, QC, Canada
c Populations Health and Optimal Health Practices Axis, CHU de Québec Research Center, 2875 Boulevard Laurier, Québec, QC, Canada
Abstract
Wild berries,
integral parts of North American Natives' traditional nutrition, are a
rich source of phytochemicals involved in the prevention of metabolic
syndrome. Although phenolic compounds are generally considered to be the
functional components in fruits, the identification of specific
compounds in relation to this beneficial activity remains to be
uncovered. With the long-term goal of establishing the contribution of
phytochemical compounds to their beneficial health effects, we
investigated in a comprehensive manner the composition of twelve native
Canadian berries: Saskatoon berry,
alpine bearberry, chokeberry, black crowberry, honeysuckle,
chokecherry, cloudberry, elderberry, lowbush blueberry, alpine
blueberry, lingonberry and highbush cranberry. All harvested in the
province of Quebec, these fruits were analyzed for their phenolic
composition (anthocyanins, flavonols, flavan-3-ols, phenolic acids,
proanthocyanidins and ellagitannins) and their content in abscisic acid
derivatives (. cis- and trans-ABA, abscisic acid-glucose ester,
7'-hydroxy-abscisic acid, neo-phaseic acid, phaseic acid and
dihydrophaseic acid). Over 60 different phenolic compounds were
identified and quantified in berries.
Along with the characterization of abscisic acid, this study reports
for the first time a complete characterization of proanthocyanidins in
these fruits, highbush cranberry presenting the highest content of this
class of compounds. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Author keywords
ABA; Berries; Diabetes; Food analysis; Food composition; Native fruits; Obesity; UHPLC-MS/MS
