Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones
BACKGROUND The fruits of most commercial tomato cultivars (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are deficient in flavour. In contrast, traditional ‘criollo’ tomato varieties are appreciated for fruit of excellent organoleptic quality. Small farmers from the Andean valleys in Argentina have maintained their own...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jsfa.8930 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3685 https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8930 |
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| author | D’Angelo, Matilde Zanor, María Inés Sance, María Mirta Cortina, Pablo Ramiro Boggio, Silvana Beatriz Asprelli, Pablo Diego Carrari, Fernando Santiago, Ana N. Asis, Ramón Peralta, Iris Edith Valle, Estela M. |
| author_browse | Asis, Ramón Asprelli, Pablo Diego Boggio, Silvana Beatriz Carrari, Fernando Cortina, Pablo Ramiro D’Angelo, Matilde Peralta, Iris Edith Sance, María Mirta Santiago, Ana N. Valle, Estela M. Zanor, María Inés |
| author_facet | D’Angelo, Matilde Zanor, María Inés Sance, María Mirta Cortina, Pablo Ramiro Boggio, Silvana Beatriz Asprelli, Pablo Diego Carrari, Fernando Santiago, Ana N. Asis, Ramón Peralta, Iris Edith Valle, Estela M. |
| author_sort | D’Angelo, Matilde |
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| description | BACKGROUND
The fruits of most commercial tomato cultivars (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are deficient in flavour. In contrast, traditional ‘criollo’ tomato varieties are appreciated for fruit of excellent organoleptic quality. Small farmers from the Andean valleys in Argentina have maintained their own tomato varieties, which were selected mainly for flavour. This work aims to correlate the chemical composition of the fruit with the sensory attributes of eight heirloom tomato varieties. The long‐term goal is to identify potential candidate genes capable of altering the chemicals involved in flavour.
RESULTS
A sensory analysis was conducted and the metabolomics of fruit were determined. The data revealed that defined tomato aroma and sourness correlated with citrate and several volatile organic compounds (VOC), such as α‐terpineol, p‐menth‐1‐en‐9‐al, linalool and 3,6‐dimethyl‐2,3,3a,4,5,7a‐hexahydrobenzofuran (DMHEX), a novel volatile recently identified in tomato. Two sensory attributes – sweetness and a not‐acidic taste – correlated with the characteristic tomato taste, and also with fructose, glucose, and two VOCs, benzaldehyde, and 2‐methyl‐2‐octen‐4‐one.
CONCLUSIONS
These data provide new evidence of the complex chemical combination that induced the flavour and aroma of the good‐tasting ‘criollo’ tomato fruit. That is, the compounds that correlated with defined tomato aroma and acidic taste did not correlate with sweetness, or with characteristic tomato taste. |
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| institution | Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA -Argentina) |
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| spelling | INTA36852019-09-30T13:03:16Z Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones D’Angelo, Matilde Zanor, María Inés Sance, María Mirta Cortina, Pablo Ramiro Boggio, Silvana Beatriz Asprelli, Pablo Diego Carrari, Fernando Santiago, Ana N. Asis, Ramón Peralta, Iris Edith Valle, Estela M. Tomatoes Volatility Autochthonous Crops Cash Crops Tomate Volatilidad Cultivos Autóctonos Cultivos Comerciales BACKGROUND The fruits of most commercial tomato cultivars (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are deficient in flavour. In contrast, traditional ‘criollo’ tomato varieties are appreciated for fruit of excellent organoleptic quality. Small farmers from the Andean valleys in Argentina have maintained their own tomato varieties, which were selected mainly for flavour. This work aims to correlate the chemical composition of the fruit with the sensory attributes of eight heirloom tomato varieties. The long‐term goal is to identify potential candidate genes capable of altering the chemicals involved in flavour. RESULTS A sensory analysis was conducted and the metabolomics of fruit were determined. The data revealed that defined tomato aroma and sourness correlated with citrate and several volatile organic compounds (VOC), such as α‐terpineol, p‐menth‐1‐en‐9‐al, linalool and 3,6‐dimethyl‐2,3,3a,4,5,7a‐hexahydrobenzofuran (DMHEX), a novel volatile recently identified in tomato. Two sensory attributes – sweetness and a not‐acidic taste – correlated with the characteristic tomato taste, and also with fructose, glucose, and two VOCs, benzaldehyde, and 2‐methyl‐2‐octen‐4‐one. CONCLUSIONS These data provide new evidence of the complex chemical combination that induced the flavour and aroma of the good‐tasting ‘criollo’ tomato fruit. That is, the compounds that correlated with defined tomato aroma and acidic taste did not correlate with sweetness, or with characteristic tomato taste. Instituto de Biotecnología Fil: D'Angelo, Matilde. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Zanor, María I. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Sance, María. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Cortina, Pablo Ramiro. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Departamento de Química Orgánica; Argentina Fil: Boggio, Silvana B. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Asprelli, Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Carrari, Fernando. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Universidade de São Paulo. Departamento de Botânica. Instituto de Biociências; Brasil Fil: Santiago, Ana N. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Departamento de Química Orgánica; Argentina Fil: Asis, Ramón. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas; Argentina Fil: Peralta, Iris Edith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Valle, Estela M. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-10-24T10:39:51Z 2018-10-24T10:39:51Z 2018-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jsfa.8930 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3685 1097-0010 https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8930 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Wiley Journal of the science of food and agriculture 98 (11) : 4128-4134. (Agosto 2018) |
| spellingShingle | Tomatoes Volatility Autochthonous Crops Cash Crops Tomate Volatilidad Cultivos Autóctonos Cultivos Comerciales D’Angelo, Matilde Zanor, María Inés Sance, María Mirta Cortina, Pablo Ramiro Boggio, Silvana Beatriz Asprelli, Pablo Diego Carrari, Fernando Santiago, Ana N. Asis, Ramón Peralta, Iris Edith Valle, Estela M. Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title | Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title_full | Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title_fullStr | Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title_short | Contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty Andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| title_sort | contrasting metabolic profiles of tasty andean varieties of tomato fruit in comparison with commercial ones |
| topic | Tomatoes Volatility Autochthonous Crops Cash Crops Tomate Volatilidad Cultivos Autóctonos Cultivos Comerciales |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jsfa.8930 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3685 https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8930 |
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