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Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins
Almonds show a great variability in their chemical composition. This variability is a result of the existence of a diverse range of almond cultivars, the self-incompatibility of most almond cultivars, and the heterogeneous harvesting conditions found around the different locations where almons are g...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10010153 |
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author | Beltrán Sanahuja, Ana Maestre Pérez, Salvador E. Grané Teruel, Nuria Valdés García, Arantzazu Prats Moya, María Soledad |
author_facet | Beltrán Sanahuja, Ana Maestre Pérez, Salvador E. Grané Teruel, Nuria Valdés García, Arantzazu Prats Moya, María Soledad |
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description | Almonds show a great variability in their chemical composition. This variability is a result of the existence of a diverse range of almond cultivars, the self-incompatibility of most almond cultivars, and the heterogeneous harvesting conditions found around the different locations where almons are grown. In the last years, the discrimination among almond cultivars has been the focal point of some research studies to avoid fraud in protected geographical indications in almond products and also for selecting the best cultivars for a specific food application or the most interesting ones from a nutritional point of view. In this work, a revision of the recent research works related to the chemical characterization and classification of almond cultivars from different geographical origins has been carried out. The content of macronutrients, tocopherols, phytosterols, polyphenols, minerals, amino acids, and volatile compounds together with DNA fingerprint have been reported as possible cultivar and origin markers. The analysis of the results showed that no individual almond compound could be considered a universal biomarker to find differences among different almond cultivars. Hence, an adequate selection of variables or the employment of metabolomics and the application of multivariate statistical techniques is necessary when classification studies are carried out to obtain valuable results. Meanwhile, DNA fingerprinting is the perfect tool for compared cultivars based on their genetic origin. |
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spelling | pubmed-78283112021-01-25 Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins Beltrán Sanahuja, Ana Maestre Pérez, Salvador E. Grané Teruel, Nuria Valdés García, Arantzazu Prats Moya, María Soledad Foods Review Almonds show a great variability in their chemical composition. This variability is a result of the existence of a diverse range of almond cultivars, the self-incompatibility of most almond cultivars, and the heterogeneous harvesting conditions found around the different locations where almons are grown. In the last years, the discrimination among almond cultivars has been the focal point of some research studies to avoid fraud in protected geographical indications in almond products and also for selecting the best cultivars for a specific food application or the most interesting ones from a nutritional point of view. In this work, a revision of the recent research works related to the chemical characterization and classification of almond cultivars from different geographical origins has been carried out. The content of macronutrients, tocopherols, phytosterols, polyphenols, minerals, amino acids, and volatile compounds together with DNA fingerprint have been reported as possible cultivar and origin markers. The analysis of the results showed that no individual almond compound could be considered a universal biomarker to find differences among different almond cultivars. Hence, an adequate selection of variables or the employment of metabolomics and the application of multivariate statistical techniques is necessary when classification studies are carried out to obtain valuable results. Meanwhile, DNA fingerprinting is the perfect tool for compared cultivars based on their genetic origin. MDPI 2021-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7828311/ /pubmed/33450909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10010153 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Beltrán Sanahuja, Ana Maestre Pérez, Salvador E. Grané Teruel, Nuria Valdés García, Arantzazu Prats Moya, María Soledad Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title | Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title_full | Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title_fullStr | Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title_full_unstemmed | Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title_short | Variability of Chemical Profile in Almonds (Prunus dulcis) of Different Cultivars and Origins |
title_sort | variability of chemical profile in almonds (prunus dulcis) of different cultivars and origins |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10010153 |
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