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. 2021 May 19;26(10):3013. doi: 10.3390/molecules26103013

Table 3.

The contents of 16 polyphenols in walnut husk and pellicle during development by HPLC.

Husk Pellicle
Compounds FBS FES HSS KFS MS FES HSS KFS MS
Gallic acid 16.52 ± 0.49 a 2.88 ± 0.30 c 2.72 ± 0.08 c 4.24 ± 0.08 b c 1.11 ± 0.01 d 77.08 ± 6.11 d 214.28 ± 6.62 c 353.38 ± 12.26 a 325.78 ± 1.93 b
Neochlorogenic acid 89.09 ± 3.90 a 34.61 ± 1.25 b 23.42 ± 1.50 d 17.34 ± 0.62 c 13.65 ± 0.58 e <LOD a <LOD a 374.60 ± 20.48 b 530.92 ± 18.87 a
Catechin 162.37 ± 3.30 a 93.97 ± 0.99 b 68.37 ± 0.29 c 63.30 ± 2.53 c 54.71 ± 4.50 c 587.29 ± 47.49 b 787.23 ± 44.09 a b 942.33 ± 53.93 a 302.39 ± 6.83 c
p-Hydroxybenzoic acid 10.44 ± 0.87 a 0.30 ± 0.01 c 0.26 ± 0.01 d 1.01 ± 0.03 b c 1.10 ± 0.11 b 152.98 ± 3.36 b 174.55 ± 7.91 a 171.54 ± 18.13 a 195.56 ± 8.64 a
Chlorogenic acid 2.41 ± 0.14 a 1.61 ± 0.08 b 1.18 ± 0.01 c <LOD a <LOD a 15.96 ± 1.32 c 30.25 ± 0.01 b 41.36 ± 1.29 a <LOD a
Vanillic acid 30.25 ± 0.12 a 0.25 ± 0.04 e 0.57 ± 0.02 d 0.94 ± 0.08 c 1.47 ± 0.04 b <LOD a 77.09 ± 6.11 a 47.24 ± 0.60 b <LOD a
Caffeic acid <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a 0.66 ± 0.01 a 13.42 ± 0.86 c 24.83 ± 0.68 b 60.12 ± 2.51 a 80.15 ± 2.75 a
Epicatechin <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a 1.31 ± 0.08 a <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a <LOD a
Syringic acid 8.23 ± 0.05 a 2.18 ± 0.15 c 5.46 ± 0.05 b 1.61 ± 0.09 c 2.07 ± 0.22 c 113.94 ± 5.77 c 154.54 ± 2.94 b 210.84 ± 9.07 a 214.35 ± 8.67 a
p-Coumaric acid 0.76 ± 0.06 a <LOD a 0.12 ± 0.00 d 0.16 ± 0.00 c 0.29 ± 0.00 b 2.99 ± 0.26 d 5.42 ± 0.32 c 7.42 ± 0.17 b 12.72 ± 0.02 a
Ferulic acid 2.14 ± 0.10 a 0.37 ± 0.01 c 0.46 ± 0.04 b c 0.30 ± 0.03 d 0.65 ± 0.03 b 1.49 ± 0.03 c 4.70 ± 0.06 a 1.85 ± 0.12 c 4.24 ± 0.11 b
o-Coumaric acid 0.37 ± 0.01 a 0.17 ± 0.01 d 0.29 ± 0.01 c 0.19 ± 0.00 d 0.33 ± 0.01 b 0.52 ± 0.03 c 1.50 ± 0.05 b c 1.52 ± 0.10 b 1.77 ± 0.06 a
Rutin 54.39 ± 2.53 a 6.21 ± 0.75 b c 8.33 ± 0.95 b 1.52 ± 0.36 d 2.63 ± 0.04 c 308.37 ± 10.35 d 1023.80 ± 7.62 c 1626.42 ± 7.61 b 3623.17 ± 32.49 a
Myricetin 326.56 ± 5.48 a 64.16 ± 7.63 b 61.21 ± 12.95 b 34.20 ± 5.14 c 34.98 ± 2.37 c 3366.58 ± 9.27 c 3086.85 ± 37.77 d 4375.62 ± 83.86 b 8453.82 ± 383.06 a
Quercetin 23.32 ± 0.79 a 6.02 ± 0.04 c 9.99 ± 0.44 b 5.97 ± 0.44 c 6.48 ± 0.20 c 24.52 ± 2.14 b 34.84 ± 0.75 a 18.04 ± 1.97 c 4.54 ± 0.07 d
Juglone 15.42 ± 0.46 a 5.44 ± 0.20 b 1.88 ± 0.13 c 0.79 ± 0.01 d 0.57 ± 0.01 e 2.13 ± 0.17 a 1.37 ± 0.04 b 2.10 ± 0.08 a 1.78 ± 0.01 a

Note: FBS, fruit-bearing stage; FES, fruit enlargement stage; HSS, hard-stone stage; KFS, kernel filling stage; MS, mature stage; LOD, limit of detection. The number of independent original samples is 3; data are shown as mean ± standard deviation (μg/g fresh weight). Different letters for the same phenolic compound indicate significant differences among the different developmental stages (p < 0.05).