Molecular characteristics and function of elliptical Kiwifruit

• Main Authors: Zhe Hu, Shengbo Ge, Jun Yang, Yiyang Li, Huitao Bi, Dongfang Zheng, Yong Zhao, Wanxi Peng, Zhongfeng Zhang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
• Series: Journal of King Saud University: Science
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364720300318

Elliptical Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch) is a popular fruit among consumers. It has abundant nutrition. And it also has medicinal value and economic value. In our research, we detected and analyzed the chemical components by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS) technologies. In FT-IR analysis, we known that there it main had O-H stretching vibration, C-H stretching vibration, CC stretching vibration, benzene ring stretching vibration, C-H C-O stretching vibration and anomeric carbon vibrational frequency absorption peak attribution. The types of compound that may be in this band is cellulose, carboxylic acid, alcohol, phenol, amine and ester. In GC–MS analysis, we known that the main chemical compounds were 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, 1,2,3,5-cyclohexanetetrol, quinic acid, d-alanine, N-propargyloxycarbonyl-, isohexyl ester, 4H-Pyran-4-one, cyclotetrasiloxane, octamethyl- and furfural. And these organic components can be used at food processing, medical treatment and light industry fields. Keywords: Elliptical Kiwifruit, FT-IR, GC–MS, Chemical composition, Application