Articles
HESPERIDIN IN CITRUS SPECIES, QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION DURING FRUIT MATURATION AND OPTIMAL HARVESTING TIME
Article number
576_16
Pages
91 – 97
Language
English
Abstract
The experiment was done in the Citrus Research Organisation located in Ramsar (North of Iran) and was conducted through two successive seasons of 1997 and 1998. We have studied the effect of harvest time on fruit growth and hesperidin content of 4 Citrus species.
Weight, diameter and peel thickness were characteristic to the species.
The highest hesperidin content in different Citrus species, used in those investigations, was obtained 50 to 60 days after full bloom. Citrus species had been differentiated according to their hesperidin content.
As the local sweet orange is cultivated on large scale in the North of Iran, therefore it is a suitable source to produce hesperidin.
Weight, diameter and peel thickness were characteristic to the species.
The highest hesperidin content in different Citrus species, used in those investigations, was obtained 50 to 60 days after full bloom. Citrus species had been differentiated according to their hesperidin content.
As the local sweet orange is cultivated on large scale in the North of Iran, therefore it is a suitable source to produce hesperidin.
Authors
R. Omidbaigi, M.F. Nasiri, Z.B. Sadr
Keywords
Citrus species, flavonoids, hesperidin, harvest time, fruit maturation
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