Francisco Julián Cuevas, Inmaculada Pradas, María José Ruiz-Moreno, Francisco Teodoro Arroyo, Luis Felipe Perez-Romero, José Carlos Montenegro, José Manuel Moreno-Rojas
In this study, thirteen Japanese plum cultivars (Prunus salicina Lindl.) grown under conventional and organic conditions were compared to evaluate the influence of the culture system on bioactive compounds. Their organic acids content (malic, citric, tartaric, succinic, shikimic, ascorbic and fumaric acid), total polyphenols, total anthocyanins, total carotenoids and antioxidant capacity (FRAP, ABTS) were evaluated. The study was performed during two consecutive seasons (2012 and 2013) in two experimental orchards located at the IFAPA centre Las Torres-Tomejil (Seville, SW Spain)...
2015: PloS One