Tilen Zamljen (Author), Aljaž Medič (Author), Robert Veberič (Author), Metka Hudina (Author), Jerneja Jakopič (Author), Ana Slatnar (Author)

Abstract

Chilies are widely cultivated for their rich metabolic content, especially capsaicinoids. In our study, we determined individual sugars, organic acids, capsaicinoids, and total phenolic content in pericarp, placenta, and seeds of Capsicum annuum L., Capsicum chinense Jacq. and Capsicum baccatum L. by HPLC/MS. Dry weight varied in the cultivar ‘Cayenne’, with the first fruit having the lowest dry weight, with 4.14 g. The total sugar content and organic acid content did not vary among the fruits of all three cultivars. The cultivar ‘Cayenne’ showed differences in total phenolic and capsaicinoid content between fruits in the placenta, with the first fruit having the highest content of total phenolics (27.85 g GAE/kg DW) and total capsaicinoids (16.15 g/kg DW). Of the three cultivars studied, the cultivar ‘Habanero Orange’ showed the least variability among fruits in terms of metabolites. The content of dihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, and homodihydrocapsaicin in the seeds of the second fruit was higher than that of the first fruit of the cultivar ‘Bishop Crown’. The results of our study provided significant insight into the metabolomics of individual fruits of the same chili plant. We have thus increased our understanding of how certain metabolites are distributed between fruits at different levels of the same plant and different parts of the fruit. This could be further investigated when chilies are exposed to different environmental stresses.

Keywords

capsaicinoids;metabolomics;organic acids;pungent;sugars;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 634.11/.12
COBISS: 91911171 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2223-7747
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: capsaicinoidi;metabolomika;organske kisline;sladkorji;čili;sorte;presnova;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 1-14
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ11
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ1
Chronology: 2022
DOI: 10.3390/plants11010101
ID: 14229726