Untargeted and Targeted Metabolomic Profiling of Australian Indigenous Fruits.

ABSTRACT: Selected Australian native fruits such as Davidson's plum, finger lime and native pepperberry have been reported to demonstrate potent antioxidant activity. However, comprehensive metabolite profiling of these fruits is limited, therefore the compounds responsible are unknown, and further, the compounds of nutritional value in these native fruits are yet to be described. In this study, untargeted and targeted metabolomics were conducted using the three fruits, together with assays to determine their antioxidant activities. The results demonstrate that targeted free and hydrolysed protein amino acids exhibited high amounts of essential amino acids. Similarly, important minerals like potassium were detected in the fruit samples. In antioxidant activity, Davidson's plum reported the highest a

SUBMITTER: Lim V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143387 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature