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Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit.
Front Plant Sci. 2019; 10:620.FP

Abstract

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is an important and interesting fruit tree that is cultivated in many parts of the world. In recent years, along with the increase in its cultivation and consumption there has been a dramatic increase in the scientific interest in its biology, methods of cultivation, adaptation to environmental cues and its health-promoting properties. Quite a large proportion of the various metabolites produced in the pomegranate were determined and their content in the bark, roots, leaves, and fruit was reported. Many reviews on polyphenolic compound content, antioxidant activity and health-promoting compounds were published recently. However, only very few recent reports were dedicated to primary metabolites, despite the fact that much work was done on organic acids, sugars, proteins, lipids, and amino acids of the pomegranate fruit. In this review, a special effort was made to present these recent studies and the review is devoted to primary metabolites. The reported data show high variation in the content of primary metabolites within the pomegranate fruit; therefore the data is presented (whenever possible) according to fruit tissues (peel, arils, and seeds), developmental stages of the fruit, environmental and climatic conditions, and genetic background. Most of the data on pomegranate is based on metabolic content and contains no genetic or molecular analysis except for work done on anthocyanins and hydrolyzable tannins. In those cases, gene assignment and genetic control studies were pointed out in the review. The recent publication of the genome sequences from several pomegranate varieties and transcriptomic data from fruits, flowers, and leaves is expected to facilitate the understanding of genetic control of metabolites in pomegranate.

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Bar-Ya'akov I
Unit of Deciduous Fruit Tree Sciences, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
Tian L
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
Amir R
Laboratory of Plant Metabolism, Department of Plant Science, Migal, Tel Hai College, Qiryat Shmona, Israel.
Holland D
Unit of Deciduous Fruit Tree Sciences, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel.

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Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

31164897

Citation

Bar-Ya'akov, Irit, et al. "Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit." Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 10, 2019, p. 620.
Bar-Ya'akov I, Tian L, Amir R, et al. Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit. Front Plant Sci. 2019;10:620.
Bar-Ya'akov, I., Tian, L., Amir, R., & Holland, D. (2019). Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 620. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00620
Bar-Ya'akov I, et al. Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit. Front Plant Sci. 2019;10:620. PubMed PMID: 31164897.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Primary Metabolites, Anthocyanins, and Hydrolyzable Tannins in the Pomegranate Fruit. AU - Bar-Ya'akov,Irit, AU - Tian,Li, AU - Amir,Rachel, AU - Holland,Doron, Y1 - 2019/05/17/ PY - 2019/02/06/received PY - 2019/04/25/accepted PY - 2019/6/6/entrez PY - 2019/6/6/pubmed PY - 2019/6/6/medline KW - fruit KW - lipids KW - metabolites KW - organic acids KW - polyphenols KW - pomegranate KW - proteins KW - sugars SP - 620 EP - 620 JF - Frontiers in plant science JO - Front Plant Sci VL - 10 N2 - Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is an important and interesting fruit tree that is cultivated in many parts of the world. In recent years, along with the increase in its cultivation and consumption there has been a dramatic increase in the scientific interest in its biology, methods of cultivation, adaptation to environmental cues and its health-promoting properties. Quite a large proportion of the various metabolites produced in the pomegranate were determined and their content in the bark, roots, leaves, and fruit was reported. Many reviews on polyphenolic compound content, antioxidant activity and health-promoting compounds were published recently. However, only very few recent reports were dedicated to primary metabolites, despite the fact that much work was done on organic acids, sugars, proteins, lipids, and amino acids of the pomegranate fruit. In this review, a special effort was made to present these recent studies and the review is devoted to primary metabolites. The reported data show high variation in the content of primary metabolites within the pomegranate fruit; therefore the data is presented (whenever possible) according to fruit tissues (peel, arils, and seeds), developmental stages of the fruit, environmental and climatic conditions, and genetic background. Most of the data on pomegranate is based on metabolic content and contains no genetic or molecular analysis except for work done on anthocyanins and hydrolyzable tannins. In those cases, gene assignment and genetic control studies were pointed out in the review. The recent publication of the genome sequences from several pomegranate varieties and transcriptomic data from fruits, flowers, and leaves is expected to facilitate the understanding of genetic control of metabolites in pomegranate. SN - 1664-462X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31164897/Primary_Metabolites_Anthocyanins_and_Hydrolyzable_Tannins_in_the_Pomegranate_Fruit_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -