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Pagliari S, Sicari M, Pansera L, Guidi Nissim W, Mhalhel K, Rastegar S, Germanà A, Cicero N, Labra M, Cannavacciuolo C, Montalbano G, Campone L. A comparative metabolomic investigation of different sections of Sicilian Citrus x limon (L.) Osbeck, characterization of bioactive metabolites, and evaluation of in vivo toxicity on zebrafish embryo. J Food Sci 2024; 89:3729-3744. [PMID: 38709878 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.17079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
Citrus fruits are a diverse and economically important group of fruit crops known for their distinctive flavors and high nutritional value. Their cultivation and consumption contribute significantly to the global agricultural economy and offer a wide range of health benefits. Among the genetic diversity of citrus species, Citrus x limon (L.) Osbeck is particularly relevant due to its chemical composition and potential health benefits. Two cultivars from the Sicily region (southern Italy) were compared for their phenolic content and preliminary antioxidant activity to select the distinctive extract with potential biological activity. A detailed characterization revealed the occurrence of phenolics, coumarins, and flavonoids. The quantification of metabolites contained in the selected extract was performed by an ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatographic method coupled with an ultraviolet detector. Different concentrations were tested in vivo through the fish embryo acute toxicity test, and the 50% lethal dose of 107,833 µg mL-1 was calculated. Finally, the effect of the extract on hatching was evaluated, and a dose-dependent relationship with the accelerated hatching rate was reported, suggesting a Femminello Zagara Bianca green peel upregulating effect on the hatching enzymes. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Citrus fruits and their products continue to be one of the natural food sources with the highest waste output. In this study, we demonstrate how food industry waste, particularly lemon peel, is rich in bioactive compounds with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that may be used in the nutraceuticals industry.
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- Stefania Pagliari
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Dental Science and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Science4life Spin-off Company, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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Cannavacciuolo C, Pagliari S, Giustra CM, Carabetta S, Guidi Nissim W, Russo M, Branduardi P, Labra M, Campone L. LC-MS and GC-MS Data Fusion Metabolomics Profiling Coupled with Multivariate Analysis for the Discrimination of Different Parts of Faustrime Fruit and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activity. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12030565. [PMID: 36978813 PMCID: PMC10045819 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12030565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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The comparative chemical composition of different part of Faustrime fruits (peels, pulp, albedo, and seeds) extracted with different solvents was determined by GC-MS and UHPLC-HRMS QTof. The obtained data were also combined for their in vitro antioxidant activity by multivariate analysis to define a complex fingerprint of the fruit. The principal component analysis model showed the significative occurrence of volatile organic compounds as α-bisabolol and α-trans-bergamotol in the pulp and albedo, hexanoic acid in the seeds, and several coumarins and phenolics in the peels. The higher radical scavenging activity of the pulp was related to the incidence of citric acid in partial least square regression.
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- Ciro Cannavacciuolo
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture Science, Food Chemistry, Safety and Sensoromic Laboratory (FoCuSS Lab), University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell'Università, 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture Science, Food Chemistry, Safety and Sensoromic Laboratory (FoCuSS Lab), University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell'Università, 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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Jiang A, Zheng L, Wang D, Kang C, Wu J, Fang P, Cao J, Sun C. Effects of Fruit Bagging on the Physiochemical Changes of Grapefruit ( Citrus paradisi). FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/fqsafe/fyac049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fruit bagging is a commonly used cultivation measure to protect citrus fruit from insects and adverse environments. Present study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of bagging on physiochemical characteristics of grapefruit. The grape fruit were bagged at about 110-120 days after anthesis with one-layer kraft paper bag with black coating inside (SL), double-layer kraft paper bag with one black paper as inner layer (DL), and three-layer kraft paper bag with two black papers as inner layers (TL) respectively. UPLC-HRMS technique was used to identify a total of 19 flavonoids, 2 phenylpropanoids, 9 coumarins, and 5 limonoids. By using HPLC method, 50 carotenoids were identified. GCMS method was used to identify 3 soluble sugars, 3 organic acids, and 11 amino acids. In the quantitated components in the peel (albedo and flavedo), the chlorophylls and the carotenoids components (such as luteoxanthin, violaxanthin, 9-cis-violaxanthin, xanthophyll, zeaxanthin and β-carotene) were significantly down-regulated by bagging, causing the surface color of bagged fruit turn yellow earlier but paler than unbagged control, particularly in the three-layer kraft bag treatment. Unlike the peel, the color and the carotenoids contents of the juice sacs were less affected. The physiochemical compounds other than pigments, including soluble sugars, organic acids, amino acids, flavonoids, coumarins, and limonoids were minimally affected by bagging treatments. Our results indicated that bagging at about 110-120 days after anthesis exerted influence mainly on peel color, while less on sugars, acids, amino acids, flavonoids, limonoids and coumarins of grapefruit.
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- Anze Jiang
- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Characteristic Agricultural Industry Development Center of Kecheng District , Quzhou 324000, China
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- Quzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Quzhou 324000, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Characteristic Agricultural Industry Development Center of Kecheng District , Quzhou 324000, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058, China
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Sultanbawa Y, Sivakumar D. Enhanced nutritional and phytochemical profiles of selected underutilized fruits, vegetables and legumes. Curr Opin Food Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2022.100853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Yang M, Jiang Z, Wen M, Wu Z, Zha M, Xu W, Zhang L. Chemical Variation of Chenpi (Citrus Peels) and Corresponding Correlated Bioactive Compounds by LC-MS Metabolomics and Multibioassay Analysis. Front Nutr 2022; 9:825381. [PMID: 35284442 PMCID: PMC8905505 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.825381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The peel of Citrus reticulata “Chachi” (CP) possesses various health-promoting benefits and is not only one of the most famous Chinese herbal medicine, but also an ingredient in fermented foods. In the present study, the effects of storage years (1-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, and 11-years) on the chemical profiling and potential bioactive compounds of CP were compared by metabolomics and in vitro bioactivity analysis. With the increase of storage time, the content of hesperidin significantly decreased, but nobiletin, 3,5,6,7,8,3′,4′-heptamethoxyflavone, and tangeretin were increased. Meanwhile, the antioxidant activity of CP was enhanced. Phenolic acids, flavonol glycosides, fatty acids, and alkyl glycosides were marker compounds that were responsible for distinguishing the storage time of CP. Correlation analysis suggested that some polyphenols including quercetin-glucoside, quinic acid, trihydroxydimethoxyflavone, and rutin were potential antioxidant compounds in CP. The dichloromethane and n-butanol fractions showed the better antioxidant capacity and inhibitory effects on glucose-hydrolysis enzymes. They mainly contained ferulic acid, nobiletin, 3,5,6,7,8,3′,4′-heptamethoxyflavone, kaempferol, and hesperidin.
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- Mei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
- Zhenfeng Wu
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Liang Zhang
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