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Amygdalin content in the seeds of several apricot cultivars

✍ Scribed by Gómez, Encarna; Burgos, Lorenzo; Soriano, Constanza; Marín, Josefa

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
159 KB
Volume
77
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5142

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✦ Synopsis

Eight di †erent cultivars of apricots (Prunus armeniaca L) have been studied regarding the amygdalin content of their seeds to correlate amygdalin content with known phenotypes to determine if the inheritance of this trait is controlled in a discrete or quantitative manner. HPLC determination of amygdalin showed large di †erences between cultivars with sweet and bitter kernels. Also, some signiÐcant di †erences within groups of bitter and sweet kerneled cultivars were found but they did not correlate with the phenotypical expression of kernel Ñavour. From the results it is concluded that bitterness seems to be controlled in a discrete manner and that organoleptic evaluation that classiÐes cultivars or seedlings as bitter or sweet would be enough with no need for chemical analysis.

1998 SCI.

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