Fruit Quality Characterization of New Sweet Cherry Cultivars As a Good Source of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds with Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Potential

Overview

Journal Antioxidants (Basel)

Date 2020 Aug 1

PMID 32731644

Citations 20

Authors

Fabiana Antognoni

Giulia Potente

Roberto Mandrioli

Cristina Angeloni

Michela Freschi

Marco Malaguti

Silvana Hrelia

Stefano Lugli

Fabio Gennari

Enrico Muzzi

Stefano Tartarini

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Abstract

Sweet cherries ( L.) are highly appreciated fruits for their taste, color, nutritional value, and beneficial health effects. In this work, seven new cultivars of sweet cherry were investigated for their main quality traits and nutraceutical value. The phytochemical profile of three classes of phenolic compounds and the antioxidant activity of the new cultivars were investigated through high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) and spectrophotometric assays, respectively, and compared with those of commonly commercialized cultivars. Cyanidine-3--rutinoside was the main anthocyanin in all genotypes, and its levels in some new cultivars were about three-fold higher than in commercial ones. The ORAC-assayed antioxidant capacity was positively correlated with the total anthocyanin index. The nutraceutical value of the new cultivars was investigated in terms of antioxidant/neuroprotective capacity in neuron-like SH-SY5Y cells. Results demonstrated that the new cultivars were more effective in counteracting oxidative stress and were also able to upregulate brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a pro-survival neurotrophin, suggesting their potential pleiotropic role in counteracting neurodegenerations.

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