Journal of Apiculture (한국양봉학회지)

The Apicultural Society of Korea (한국양봉학회)
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Free Sugar and Organic Acid in the Fruit of Hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge) Selected Clones as Honey Plant in Korea

  • Park, Youngki (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Hee (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • Received : 2018.11.09
  • Accepted : 2018.11.28
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

Hawthorn is widely distributed in Korea and has been used as herbal medicine for treating various cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerosis and hypertension in Korea. In order to select superior honey tree plant from Korea, the free sugar and organic acid in hawthorn fruits, including five Korean clones and four Chinese cultivars, were evaluated. We also compared these hawthorn fruits of five clones (selected from different area of Korea) with Chinese hawthorn cultivars. Glucose, galactose, fructose and sucrose were the major sugar components of hawthorn. In this study, we observed that sucrose, glucose and fructose content. The highest sucrose content of hawthorn fruit was 188.12g/100g in Daegeumseong cultivar. The sweetness index, which plays important role of taste, was also calculated from the content of sucrose, glucose and fructose. The contribution of each carbohydrate was calculated, based on the fact that fructose is 2.30 and sucrose 1.35 times sweeter than glucose. The highest sweetness of hawthorn fruit was 579.52 in Pocheon clone. Main organic acid detected in hawthorn fruit were citric acid, malic acid and shikimic acid. The highest citric acid and malic acid content in hawthorn fruit were 157.50g/100g (Pocheon 3) and 34.12g/100g (Daegeumseong), respectively. The results of this study would be helpful for using food and functional food products, due to the beneficial effects of free sugar and organic acid for human health such as antioxidants and anticarcinogenic properties.

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