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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (28): 119-125.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0786

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Study on Determination Method of Pigment Content of Pear Peel

WU Yueju(), ZHANG Xiaojie, JIA Zhuolong, ZHOU Yixin, HUANG Ping, WANG Xiaoming, PENG Jianying()   

  1. College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University/ Pear Engineering and Technology Center of Hebei Province, Baoding, Hebei 071000
  • Received:2022-09-13 Revised:2023-04-06 Online:2023-10-05 Published:2023-09-25

Abstract:

The paper aims to find a method suitable for determining the color pigment content of different pear peels. The chlorophyll content and total carotenoid content were determined for five pear varieties with different peel colors, namely ‘Xinli No.7’, ‘Akizuki’, ‘Yali’, ‘Yuluxiang’ and ‘Xianghongli’ by two methods. The results showed that for ‘Xinli No.7’ and ‘Yuluxiang’, the total chlorophyll content, chlorophyll a content, chlorophyll b content and total carotenoid content measured by the 80% acetone extraction method and the 95% ethanol extraction method weren’t significantly different. For ‘Yali’, ‘Xianghongli’ and ‘Akizuki’, the total carotenoid content measured by the 80% acetone extraction method and the 95% ethanol extraction method wasn’t significantly different, but the total chlorophyll content, chlorophyll a content and chlorophyll b content measured by the 80% acetone extraction method were significantly higher than the content measured by the 95% ethanol extraction method. The chlorophyll content and total carotenoid content of pear peels of all varieties can be determined by 80% acetone extraction. When determining the chlorophyll and total carotenoids of pear peel with green color and green as the background color with red halo, the 95% ethanol extraction method can be preferred. If the total carotenoid content is only required, all peel colors can be extracted with 95% ethanol.

Key words: pear, pericarp, chlorophyll, carotenoids, test methods