Table 3.
Chlorophyll pigment composition (μmol/kg destoned fruit) of green olives with different alkaline treatments 1,2. See Table 1 for description of samples.
| Pigment | Fresh Fruit | Samples | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | ||
| Chlorophyll a | 223.70 ± 13.17 | 115.60 ± 3.50 | 30.74 ± 5.43 | 5.10 ± 1.41 | 0.32 ± 0.08 | 0.56 ± 0.04 | 0.66 ± 0.02 | 0.34 ± 0.06 | n. q. | n. q. |
| Chlorophyll a’ | 0.82 ± 0.07 | 31.95 ± 1.93 | 7.84 ± 1.52 | 0.70 ± 0.28 | 0.56 ± 0.34 | 1.34 ± 0.95 | 1.06 ± 0.08 | 1.78 ± 0.08 | n. q. | n. q. |
| 132-OH-chlorophyll a | 0.43 ± 0.06 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | 0.70 ± 0.63 | n. q. | 1.96 ± 0.28 | n. q. | 1.36 ± 0.97 | n. q. |
| Mg-152-Me-phytyl-chlorin e6 ester | 1.46 ± 0.13 | 0.41 ± 0.29 | n. q. | 7.89 ± 0.43 | 7.64 ± 3.04 | 16.18 ± 3.52 | 14.22 ± 0.64 | 6.70 ± 0.46 | 6.78 ± 1.28 | |
| Mg-152-Me-phytyl-isochlorin e4 ester | 2.91 ± 0.39 | 1.19 ± 0.35 | 3.54 ± 2.22 | 9.87 ± 1.07 | 11.68 ±2.62 | 14.80 ± 2.50 | 10.88 ± 1.58 | 5.64 ± 6.06 | 1.82 ± 1.29 | |
| Pheophytin a | 2.74 ± 0.25 | 49.43 ± 5.66 | 58.86 ± 1.10 | 4.36 ± 0.73 | 1.83 ± 0.22 | 1.84 ± 0.23 | 0.97 ± 0.22 | 1.83 ± 0.46 | 2.14 ± 0.44 | 1.00 ± 0.41 |
| Pheophytin a’ | 11.52 ± 0.81 | 12.73 ± 1.18 | 2.69 ± 0.30 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | |
| Pyropheophytin a | 7.30 ± 0.34 | 26.44 ± 2.08 | 23.87 ± 0.73 | 18.82 ± 0.06 | 23.00 ± 1.94 | 18.74 ± 0.28 | 15.46 ± 1.04 | 9.94 ± 0.78 | 7.04 ± 0.40 | |
| 152-Me-phytyl-chlorin e6 ester | 19.94 ± 1.44 | 64.72 ± 1.78 | 13.45 ± 1.49 | 15.26 ± 1.56 | 17.54 ± 2.28 | 14.32 ± 2.00 | 11.96 ± 1.28 | 5.66 ± 1.62 | 5.80 ± 0.94 | |
| 152-Me-phytyl-isochlorin e4 ester | n. q. | n. q. | 34.94 ± 5.83 | 19.70 ± 2.70 | 34.16 ± 9.56 | 18.84 ± 0.66 | 11.58 ± 0.72 | 6.56 ± 1.92 | 5.10 ± 0.60 | |
| Pheophorbide a | 0.20 ± 0.03 | n. q. | 0.49 ± 0.12 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. |
| Pyropheophorbide a | n. q. | 1.83 ± 0.37 | n. q. | 0.76 ± 0.44 | 0.44 ± 0.08 | 0.86 ± 0.48 | 1.60 ± 0.00 | 0.78 ± 0.24 | 3.98 ± 0.98 | |
| Total series a | 227.90 ± 6.44 | 240.10 ± 2.52 | 205.25 ± 2.06 | 88.65 ± 2.36 | 75.72 ± 2.60 | 98.20 ± 4.98 | 88.39 ± 1.62 | 69.65 ± 0.89 | 38.78 ± 2.37 | 31.52 ± 0.91 |
| Chlorophyll b | 52.99 ± 3.88 | 33.46 ± 1.92 | 11.14 ± 0.28 | 0.95 ± 0.05 | n. q. | 1.24 ± 0.60 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. |
| Chlorophyll b’ | 0.97 ± 0.07 | 13.11 ± 0.39 | 5.20 ± 1.31 | 0.62 ± 0.11 | n. q. | n. q. | 0.20 ± 0.30 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. |
| 132-OH-chlorophyll b | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | 1.22 ± 0.40 | 1.22 ± 0.42 | 1.60 ± 0.74 | 1.56 ± 0.02 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | n. q. |
| Mg-152-Me-phytyl-rhoding7 ester | 9.91 ± 0.64 | 11.85 ± 0.22 | 3.03 ± 0.48 | 6.12 ± 0.94 | 7.62 ± 1.68 | 6.86 ± 1.18 | 5.90 ± 1.02 | 2.26 ± 0.88 | 3.82 ± 0.42 | |
| Pheophytin b | n. q. | 1.01 ± 1.43 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | |
| 152-Me-phytyl-rhodin g7 ester | 1.44 ± 0.20 | 12.14 ± 1.01 | 1.31 ± 0.04 | 0.24 ± 0.16 | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | n. q. | |
| Total series b | 53.96 ± 2.44 | 57.92 ± 1.04 | 41.34 ± 0.99 | 5.91 ± 0.25 | 7.58 ± 0.60 | 10.08 ± 1.06 | 8.66 ± 0.82 | 7.46 ± 0.72 | 2.74 ± 0.62 | 3.82 ± 0.42 |
1 Data represent mean values ± SD (n = 2); 2 n.q.: not quantified.