Czech J. Food Sci., 2011, 29(1):65-73 | DOI: 10.17221/212/2009-CJFS

Chemical characteristics of fruits of some selected quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) cultivars

Otakar ROP1, Josef BALÍK2, Vojtěch ŘEZNÍČEK3, Tunde JURÍKOVÁ4, Pavlína ŠKARDOVÁ5, Petr SALAŠ3, Jiří SOCHOR3, Jiří MLČEK1, Daniela KRAMÁŘOVÁ6
1 Department of Food Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlín, Czech Republic
2 Department of Post-Harvest Technology of Horticultural Products
3 Department of Breeding and Propagation of Horticultural Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
4 Department of Natural and Informatics Sciences, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic
5 Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
6 Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Zlín, Czech Republic

The basic chemical characteristics of 22 quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) genotypes and cultivars were determined: dry matter content, soluble solid content, the contents of organic acids, pectins, and mineral elements (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and sodium). Quince fruits were harvested in the course of October and thereafter analysed at the stage of consumption ripeness after storage at the temperature of +2°C and a relative air humidity of 85%. The contents of pectins in fruits were high - the cultivar Hruškovitá contained 3.51 ± 0.19 g/100 g FW. The contents of vitamin C were also high, the cultivar Muškatová containing as much as 79.31 ± 2.01 g/100 g FW. The affinity of chemical properties of the individual cultivars was expressed by means of cluster analysis and it was found out that there were no marked differences between pear-shaped (Cydonia oblonga subsp. pyriformis) and apple-shaped (Cydonia oblonga subsp. maliformis) forms of fruit.

Keywords: quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.); organic acids; pectins; vitamin C; mineral elements

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ROP O, BALÍK J, ŘEZNÍČEK V, JURÍKOVÁ T, ŠKARDOVÁ P, SALAŠ P, et al.. Chemical characteristics of fruits of some selected quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) cultivars. Czech J. Food Sci.. 2011;29(1):65-73. doi: 10.17221/212/2009-CJFS.
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