Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal: Molecules

Volume number: 27

Issue number: 12

eISSN: 1420-3049

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123933

Publisher: MDPI

Abstract: 

The high consumption of plant-based foods on a global scale has increased the number of adulterations in the food industry. Along with this, analytical approaches to fraud detection need to be further developed. A nontargeted effect-directed profiling by high-performance thin-layer chromatography hyphenated with five effect-directed assays (free radical scavenging assay, Aliivibrio fischeri bioassay, and acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, and tyrosinase inhibition assays) and multi-imaging provided additional information on the antioxidative, antimicrobial, and enzyme inhibition activities for 18 apple and 18 grape juices from markets in Serbia and Germany. Bioactive zones of interest were eluted using an elution head-based interface and further characterized by electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry. The different profiles were evaluated chemometrically, and several compounds, which were characteristic of samples from different markets located in Serbia and Germany, were identified in apple juice (such as chlorogenic acid, phloridzin, epicatechin, and caffeic acid) and grape juice (such as chlorogenic acid, epicatechin, and quercetin). The developed rapid and simple method for the quality assessment of fruit juices coming from different (geographic) markets showed clear quality differences. Thus, it could be used to learn more about quality differences, to detect fraud in fruit juice production, and to verify the authenticity of the origin.

Harvard Citation style: Krstic, D., Ristivojevic, P., Andric, F., Milojkovic-Opsenica, D. and Morlock, G. (2022) Quality Assessment of Apple and Grape Juices from Serbian and German Markets by Planar Chromatography-Chemometrics, Molecules, 27(12), Article 3933. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123933

APA Citation style: Krstic, D., Ristivojevic, P., Andric, F., Milojkovic-Opsenica, D., & Morlock, G. (2022). Quality Assessment of Apple and Grape Juices from Serbian and German Markets by Planar Chromatography-Chemometrics. Molecules. 27(12), Article 3933. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123933