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. 2020 Oct 20;9(10):1017. doi: 10.3390/antiox9101017

Table 2.

Main purple tomato lines obtained through genetic engineering or breeding programs and relative anthocyanin content and composition. Abbreviations: Del, delphinidin; Pet, petunidin; Mal, malvidin; Cya, cyanidin; Peo, peonidin; rut, rutinoside; glc, glucoside; glyc, glycoside; hex, hexoside; FW, fresh weight.

Tomato Line Origin Main Anthocyanins Detected Anthocyanin Concentration in Fruit Ref.
Del/Ros1 Genetic engineering Pet-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Del-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Pet-3-(feruloyl)-rut-5-glc;
Del-3-(feruloyl)-rut-5-glc
2.835 ± 0.456 mg g−1 FW [52]
Del/Ros1 Genetic engineering Del-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Pet-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Mal-3-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Mal-3-(feruloyl)-rut-5-glc
peel: 5.1 ± 0.5 g kg−1 DW
flesh: 5.8 ± 0.3 g kg−1 DW
whole fruit: 5.2 ± 0.5 g Peo-3-glc equivalent kg−1 DW, or 0.5% of DW
[54]
Del/Ros1 x AtMYB12 Genetic engineering Del-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Pet-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Pet-3-(feruloyl)-rut-5-glc;
Mal-3-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc
1.154 ± 0.011 mg g−1 FW
2.857 ± 0.218 mg g−1 FW
0.922 ± 0.102 mg g−1 FW
0.598 ± 0.011 mg g−1 FW
[55]
Aft/Aft · atv/atv Breeding Pet-3-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Del-3-rut
peel: 116.11 mg 100 g−1 FW [58]
Sun Black (Aft/Aft · atv/atv) Breeding Pet-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc;
Mal-3-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glc
more than 1 mg g−1 DW [6,60]
V118 Breeding Pet-3-(p-coumaryl)-rut-5-glc;
Pet-3-caffeoyl-rut-5-glc;
Mal-3(p-coumaryl)-rut-5-glc
50.18 mg 100 g−1 DW
9.04 mg 100 g−1 DW
13.09 mg 100 g−1 DW
[61]
Blue Japan Indigo tomato (Aft/Aft · atv/atv) Breeding Pet + p-coumaroyl + rut + glyc;
Mal + p-coumaroyl + rut;
Del
peel: 17 mg g−1 DW
pulp: 0.1 mg g−1 DW
[62]
Aft/Aft · atv/atv · hp2/hp2 Breeding Pet-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-hex
Delphinidin-3-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-glyc
Pet-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-hex
Pet-3-(cafeoyl)-rut-5-glyc
Mal-3-(p-coumaroyl)-rut-5-glyc
Cya-3-O-rut
peel: 90.91 mg 100 g−1 FW [63]