Temperature is the dominant environmental stimulus that influences postharvest quality, visual appearance, and nutritional content of fruits. hastens fruit ripening senescence by impact on respiration rate acceleration metabolic reactions. This study was conducted to select optimized temperature for preserving quality-related traits antioxidant potential cornelian cherry fruits after harvest. T...

In this study, volatile compounds were analyzed in five samples of home-made spirit beverage made by the distillation of fermented fruits of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.). The major volatile compounds, besides ethanol, identified and quantified were: methanol, acetaldehyde, 1-propanol, ethyl acetate, 2-methyl-1-propanol, 1-butanol, amyl alcohols, 1-hexanol and 2-phenylethanol. The minor vola...

Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) fruits are known for their significant amounts of anthocyanins which can be used as natural food colorants. The storage stability of anthocyanins from these fruit extracts, at different temperatures (2 °C, 25 °C and 75 °C), pH 3.02, in the presence of two of the most widely employed food preserving agents (sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate) was investigated....

Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) has regained an increasing interest because of its nutraceutical and pharmaceutical potential. This study was designed to investigate the phenolic compounds (total phenolic, flavonoid, hydrolysable tannin, proanthocyanidin anthocyanidin) antioxidant capacity cherries. Some morphological (length, width, weight, flesh:seed ratio colour) physicochemical properties ...

Abstract Cornelian cherry ( Cornus mas L.) belongs to a group of fruit and nut species growing in Europe considered be underused economically, although it has been recognized as potential regional “superfood” source valuable bioactive compounds. Phenotyping fruits 30 accessions an Austrian wildtype population C. allowed evaluate their nutraceutical potential. Ten per accession were characterize...

The use of colors in food industry is essential for the creation of new products or their improvement. As an important pigment group, anthocyanin could be used as a natural coloring pigment in foods. This study aims at exploring strategies that result in color stability of anthocyanin in pear-shaped variety of blueberry (Cornus mas-Macrocarpa). In this study, the effects of different pH values ...

Phylogenetic relationships within the dogwood genus Cornus have been highly controversial due to the great morphological heterogeneity. Earlier phylogenetic analyses of Cornus using chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) data (including rbcL and matK sequences, as well as restriction sites) and morphological characters suggested incongruent relationships within the genus. The present study generated sequence ...

Methotrexate (MTX) as a chemotherapeutic agent, has adverse effects on reproductive organs by enhancing oxidative stress. In this study, the protective effects of Cornus mas fruit extract (CMFE) against MTX side effects were evaluated. Forty-eight mature male NMRI mice were divided into six groups: group 1 (control) received 0.10 mL per day of normal saline intraperitoneally (IP), grou...