Rubus Fruit Phenolic Research: the Good, the Bad, and the Confusing ⇑ Jungmin Lee A, , Michael Dossett B,1, Chad E
Food Chemistry 130 (2012) 785–796 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Food Chemistry journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/foodchem Review Rubus fruit phenolic research: The good, the bad, and the confusing ⇑ Jungmin Lee a, , Michael Dossett b,1, Chad E. Finn c a United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Research Unit Worksite, Parma, ID 83660, USA b Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture, 4017 ALS Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331, USA c United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Research Unit, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA article info abstract Article history: Here we attempt to clarify contemporary scientific findings of Rubus fruit phenolics, focusing mainly on Received 16 May 2011 published peer-reviewed work from the last 6 years. Our review focuses on research papers that identi- Received in revised form 11 July 2011 fied phenolics of Rubus fruit, although other edible parts of Rubus plants (i.e. leaves, roots) also contain Accepted 5 August 2011 phenolics. With an increased awareness given to the potential health benefits of consuming berries high Available online 10 August 2011 in phenolics, efforts have been directed at enhancing Rubus fruit quality and colour (through plant selec- tion, harvesting, storage, etc.) for processors and consumers alike. Assessment of any progress requires Keywords: knowing the state of the starting material, so effective research into Rubus phenolics relies upon the accu- Flavonoids rate identification of the components in Rubus fruit in the initial investigations. We have summarised Nonflavonoids Rosaceae these reports into three sections: anthocyanins, phenolic monomers other than anthocyanins, and phe- Bramble nolic polymers.
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