bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.04.455127; this version posted August 6, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Phenolic profiles and antioxidant activities of Saskatchewan (Canada) bred haskap (Lonicera caerulea) berries Lily R. Zehfus, Christopher Eskiwa, Nicholas H. Lowa* aDepartment of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A8, Canada *Corresponding Author:
[email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.04.455127; this version posted August 6, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Abstract 2 Phenolic extracts from five Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, bred and grown haskap berry varieties 3 (Aurora, Blizzard, Honey Bee, Indigo Gem, and Tundra) were characterized via liquid 4 chromatography with photodiode array detection (HPLC-PDA) and mass spectrometry (HPLC- 5 MS/MS). Tundra had the highest phenolic content (727.0 mg/100 g FW) while Indigo Gem had 6 the highest anthocyanin content (447.8 mg/100 g FW). HPLC-MS/MS identified two previously 7 unreported anthocyanins (Tundra variety): delphinidin-sambubioside and a peonidin-pentoside. 8 Fruit extracts were fractionated to produce an anthocyanin rich (40% ethanol) and 9 flavanol/flavonol rich (100% ethanol) fraction. This process affords the ability to 10 isolate/concentrate specific subclasses for nutraceutical applications. High in vitro radical 11 scavenging was observed for all haskap phenolic extracts.