Physicochemical characterization of different tomato commercial cultivars grown in Iran

Authors
Saba Belgheisi 1
Ali Motamedzadegan 1
Jafar Milani 2
Ladan Rashidi 3
Ali Rafe 4
1 Dept. of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran
2 مهندسی زراعی، دانشگاه علوم کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی ساری، ساری، ایران
3 Dept. of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Food Industry and Agriculture, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
4 Department of Food Science and Technology, Research Institute of Food Science and Technology, Mashhad, Iran
10.29252/fsct.17.01.07
Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to investigate four commercial cultivars of tomato (Karoon, 3402, LS0019 and H1015) in order to determine the physicochemical attributes of the cultivar. During this investigation, fruit qualities were evaluated: Soluble solids, total solids, and moisture, pH, lycopene, β-carotene, lutein, and β-cryptoxanthin contents, color indexes (CIE a* b* L*), hue angle (h), chroma (C), total polyphenols and antioxidant activity.The amounts of total solids, a*, b*, L*, carotenoids (lycopene, β-carotene, lutein, β-cryptoxanthin), total polyphenols, and antioxidant activity (Free radical scavenging capacity, reducing power, total antioxidant capacity) remained significantly different among the investigated cultivars (p<0.05). The results showed that the H1015 cultivar had the highest antioxidant activity and carotenoids content especially lycopene. Moreover, this cultivar had the best color indexes (highest a*) in comparison with the other cultivars, it is concluded that the H1015 cultivar is comparable to other cultivars and thus is recommended for cultivation and processing.
Keywords
Antioxidant capacity
Biochemical analysis
Carotenoids
Total polyphenols
cultivar
Tomato

Subjects

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