Research Article

Study of the Physiochemical and Nutraceutical Properties of Sour and Sweet Pomegranate Juice in Northern Jordan

Table 5

Individual phenolic contents (ppm) for different pomegranate juice samples.

Individual phenolPJ
SourSweet
A1D1K1A2D2K2

Gallic acid2.68 ± 0.83c3.37 ± 1.87c11.55 ± 1.52a4.44 ± 0.85bc2.94 ± 0.84c7.14 ± 1.41b
3,4-Dihydroxyphenethyl alcohol91.95 ± 1.38c101.53 ± 0.07a74.17 ± 0.07d95.33 ± 1.74b75.46 ± 1.07d93.16 ± 1.30bc
Catechin65.15 ± 1.07d88.22 ± 2.16b51.24 ± 1.36e75.52 ± 1.37c151.48 ± 1.89a41.96 ± 0.41f
2-Hydroxyphenethyl alcohol31.22 ± 1.42f352.86 ± 0.07a144.60 ± 0.14b103.46 ± 0.96d52.91 ± 0.47e118.82 ± 0.27c
Chlorogenic acid15.76 ± 0.86e30.03 ± 0.98b20.24 ± 1.09d44.89 ± 1.20a26.80 ± 0.39c17.18 ± 0.51e
Vanillic acid4.93 ± 1.24e13.43 ± 0.06d4.64 ± 0.23e59.83 ± 0.21b84.30 ± 0.07a31.75 ± 0.07c
Epicatechin81.98 ± 0.44a13.42 ± 1.94d47.12 ± 1.44b8.39 ± 0.92e23.23 ± 0.81c16.06 ± 0.98d
Caffeic acid16.76 ± 0.79e36.46 ± 0.09b23.03 ± 0.69d43.67 ± 0.87a34.35 ± 0.42c22.95 ± 1.20d
Syringic acid2.55 ± 0.79a0.68 ± 0.52bc0.34 ± 0.47c0.58 ± 0.26c2.25 ± 1.02ab1.39 ± 0.49abc
P-Coumaric acid22.33 ± 0.21b20.23 ± 0.26c24.58 ± 0.12a15.26 ± 0.76e16.95 ± 0.12d14.82 ± 0.47e
Sinapic acid26.29 ± 0.01b38.75 ± 0.12a18.58 ± 0.35cn.dn.dn.d
Ferulic acid4.25 ± 0.87b8.92 ± 0.18a3.72 ± 0.82b4.99 ± 0.55b3.58 ± 0.13b4.09 ± 0.53b
Rutinn.d68.71 ± 0.35a31.83 ± 0.35b12.32 ± 0.14d21.48 ± 0.28cn.d
Rosmarinic acid27.49 ± 0.21a28.52 ± 0.41an.dn.d27.47 ± 0.79a27.49 ± 0.71a
Quercetin2.94 ± 0.01an.dn.dn.dn.dn.d
Thymoln.dn.dn.dn.dn.dn.d
Ellagic acid85.09 ± 0.62d90.98 ± 0.85b88.02 ± 0.74c99.37 ± 0.14a86.25 ± 0.91cd84.84 ± 0.97d
Delphinidin809.15 ± 1.15b1667.61 ± 1.41a759.22 ± 0.56c627.81 ± 1.05d213.76 ± 1.04f267.03 ± 1.43e

#All values are calculated as a wet basis and means of three replicates. Means ± SD in the same row with the same letter are not significantly different ( ≤ 0.05). A1: Ajloun sour cultivar, D1: Deir Abi Said sour cultivar, k1: Kufur Soum sour cultivar, A2: Ajloun sweet cultivar, D2: Deir Abi Said sweet cultivar, k2: Kufur Soum sweet cultivar.