The analysis of pomegranate phenolic compounds belonging to different classes in different fruit parts was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array and mass spectrometry detection. Two different separation methods were optimized for the analysis of anthocyanins and hydrolyzable tannins along with phenolic acids and flavonoids. Two C columns, core-shell and fully porous particle stationary phases, were used. The parameters for separation of phenolic compounds were optimized considering chromatographic resolution and analysis time. Thirty-five phenolic compounds were found, and 28 of them were tentatively identified as belonging to four different phenolic compound classes; namely, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, hydrolyzable tannins, and flavonoids. Quantitative analysis was performed with a mixture of nine phenolic compounds belonging to phenolic compound classes representative of pomegranate. The method was then fully validated in terms of retention time precision, expressed as the relative standard deviation, limit of detection, limit of quantification, and linearity range. Phenolic compounds were analyzed directly in pomegranate juice, and after solvent extraction with a mixture of water and methanol with a small percentage of acid in peel and pulp samples. The accuracy of the extraction method was also assessed, and satisfactory values were obtained. Finally, the method was used to study identified analytes in pomegranate juice, peel, and pulp of six different Italian varieties and one international variety. Differences in phenolic compound profiles among the different pomegranate parts were observed. Pomegranate peel samples showed a high concentration of phenolic compounds, ellagitannins being the most abundant ones, with respect to pulp and juice samples for each variety. With the same samples, total phenols and antioxidant activity were evaluated through colorimetric assays, and the results were correlated among them.

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采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)等技术手段,对目前生产上16个主栽樱桃番茄(Solanum lycopersicum Mill. var. cerasiforme)品种的风味评分及相关指标进行测定和比较分析,解析决定樱桃番茄风味的主要影响因素。研究表明,相比其他风味相关指标,不同番茄品种间柠檬酸、苹果酸、V_c和氨基酸含量的差异较大。16个参试品种中,浙江省农业科学院蔬菜研究所的浙樱粉1号、浙樱黄1号,日本金子种苗株式会社的黄妃,及山东省农业科学院蔬菜研究所的天正红珠风味评分排名前4,以上品种的7项风味及营养决定指标参数(可溶性固形物、总糖、有机酸、果糖、葡萄糖、柠檬酸和V_c)均显著高于风味评价排名后4名的参试番茄品种。进一步的相关性分析结果表明,风味评分与可溶性固形物、总糖、有机酸、果糖、葡萄糖和V_c含量显著正相关,而与糖酸比等复合参数无显著相关性。由上述结果可知,番茄风味品质的主要指标为可溶性固形物、总糖(果糖+葡萄糖)、有机酸(主要是柠檬酸)和V_c。此外,氨基酸作为传统意义上的营养物质,可能与番茄风味存在一定关联。