a Record control number 000299536700095

a ISSN 1877-0428

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number G63

b Item number .V37 2011

a Personal name Vekiari, Stavroula A.

a Title Variation of quality characteristics in Greek and Turkish carob pods during fruit development.

h Medium Electronic Document

c Statement of responsibility, etc Munir Ozturk, Stavroula A.Vekiari, Georgia Ouzounidou, Gork, Guven.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier,

a Summary, etc The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is widely cultivated in Mediterranean countries including Greece and Turkey. Carob pod is the fruit of carob tree. The present study reports the changes of chemical characteristics of two types (fleshy and wild) Greek and one type (fleshy) of Turkish carob pods during one period harvesting. The content of protein, total polyphenols, fatty acids and sugars, which are substances of vital importance for the evaluation of their food and medicine quality were determined at three growth stages. Sucrose, glucose and fructose were the major sugars identified and quantified in the fruit. In the first growth stage the predominant fatty acid in Turkish carobs was oleic followed by linoleic, palmitic and linolenic fatty acids while in Greek carobs the major acid was linoleic (n-6). During maturation an increase in oleic acid and a sharply decrease in linoleic and linolenic (n-3) fatty acids were noticed in both Greek and Turkish samples. Turkish carobs appeared higher level of total sugars, fructose and sucrose content than the Greek ones in the first growth stage. A higher ratio of total unsaturated / saturated fatty acids was found in Greek than in Turkish mature fleshy carob pods. Our results could aid in the assessment of adequate compositional information for further studies. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of The 2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geography

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ceratonia siliqua

g Relationship information 2011, Vol 19, p750-755, Special Issue: SI

t Title 2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean Environment 2010

t Title Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

x International Standard Serial Number 18770428

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.194