Claim · model-written summary
The authors interpret phenolic compounds as contributing significantly to total antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae0 - Compound
- phenolic compoundse0
- Outcome
- total antioxidant activitye0
- Qualifier
- significant contributione0
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Verbatim
e0“These results demonstrate that phenolic compounds have a significant contribution to the total antioxidant activity which varies considerably depending of the part of the fruit and of the apple cultivar analyzed.”
Title
Francilene Gracieli Kunradi Vieira; Graciele da Silva Campelo Borges; Cristiane Copetti; et al. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición 2026. doi:10.37527/2009.59.1.015
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation total phenolic was highest in peel, intermediate in whole fruit, and lowest in flesh within each cultivar.
- Observation flavanol was highest in peel, intermediate in whole fruit, and lowest in flesh within each cultivar.
- Observation anthocyanin was highest in peel, intermediate in whole fruit, and lowest in flesh within each cultivar.
- Observation antioxidant activity was highest in peel, intermediate in whole fruit, and lowest in flesh within each cultivar.
- Observation Epagri F5P283 had the highest total phenolic contents across peel, whole fruit and flesh.
- Observation Epagri F5P283 had the highest total antioxidant activity across peel, whole fruit and flesh.
- Observation Epagri COOP24 had the highest flavanols across peel, whole fruit and flesh.
- Observation Epagri COOP24 had the highest anthocyanins across peel, whole fruit and flesh.
- Association Total phenolic content was positively associated with antioxidant activity across flesh, whole fruit and peel.
- Association Total antioxidant activity varied considerably by fruit part and apple cultivar.