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. 2021 Aug 2;10(8):1793. doi: 10.3390/foods10081793

Table 2.

Phenolic content in almond products and by-products. Quantitative data extracted from [4,14,20] 1.

Compounds Blanched Skin (μg/g) Whole Almonds (μg/g) Blanch Water (μg/g)
Hydroxybenzoic acids and aldehydes 26.3–57.3 2.4–7.0
p-Hydroxybenzoic acid 3.1–7.2 0.03–0.06
Vanillic acid 11.1–19.2 1.1–2.5
Protocatechuic acid 6.7–17.2 1.3–4.4
Protocatechuic aldehyde 5.4–13.7 -
Hydroxycinnamic acids 1.8–4.9 -
trans p-Coumaric acid 0–1.1 -
3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid 1.8–3.8 -
Flavan-3-ols 61.5–134 12.7–51.3
(+)-Catechin 20.1–38.3 9.5–38.6
(−)-Epicatechin 7.2–26.5 3.2–12.7
Procyanidin B1-3, B5, B7, C1 25.0–46.1 -
Unknown dimers/trimers A [(epi)catechin → A → (epi)catechin] 9.2–23.0 -
Flavonol glycosides 15.6–130 113–231
Kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside 5.3–40.7 7.1–14.3
Kaempferol-3-O-glucoside 0–14.2 0.08–0.2
Kaempferol-3-O-galactoside - 0.05–0.2
Isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside 5.3–58.0 99–191
Isorhamnetin-3-O-glucoside 5.0–15.3 -
Isorhamnetin-3-O-galactoside - 3.0–7.1
Quercetin-3-O-glucoside 0–1.7 0.5–1.6
Quercetin-3-O-galactoside - 3.1–12.6
Quercetin-3-O-rutinoside - 0.6–3.7
Flavanone glycosides 4.8–28.6 0.9–1.9
Naringenin-7-O-glucoside 2.3–25.9 0.9–1.9
Eriodictyol-7-O-glucoside 2.5–2.7 -
Flavonol aglycones 9.6–33.0 1.1–4.9
Kaempferol 2.7–12.1 0–0.04
Quercetin 1.0–4.9 0.2–0.3
Isorhamnetin 5.9–16.0 0.9–4.6
Dihydroflavonol aglycones 0–10.3 0.4–3.0
Dihydroquercetin 0–10.3 -
Dihydroxykaempferol - 0.4–3.0
Flavanone aglycones 6.7–19.9 1.2–6.9
Naringenin 3.7–12.1 0.4–1.2
Eriodictyol 3.0–7.8 0.8–5.7
Stilbenes 0.002 0.008 0.07–0.11
Polydatin 1.5–2.2 ng/g 7.2–8.5 ng/g 63–84 ng/g
Piceatannol + oxyresveratrol ND ND 9.1–25.5 ng/g
trans-Resveratrol ND <LOD
Pterostilbene ND <LOD
Total 111–418 132–306

1 Bold letters indicate the sum of total concentration referred to each subfamily of phenolic compounds. LOD: limit of detection; ND: not determined.