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. 2021 Aug 30;10(9):2043. doi: 10.3390/foods10092043

Table 2.

Phenolic compounds detected in unripe fruits.

Unripe Fruits Cultivars Maturity Stages Mono-Phenol Component Reference
Phenolic Acids Flavanols Flavanones Flavonols Stilbenes Others
Apricots Pink Cot 42 and 48 days after full bloom Neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-feruloylquinic acid, and 3-p-coumaroylquinic acid Proanthocyanidins Quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and kaempherol-3-O-rutinoside —— —— —— [42]
Cherries 13S-20-09 42 and 48 days after full bloom Neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-feruloylquinic acid, and 3-p-coumaroylquinic acid Proanthocyanidins Quercetin-3-O-rutinoside and kaempherol-3-O-rutinoside —— —— ——
Peaches UFO-3, Royal Glory, Laura 42 and 48 days after full bloom Neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-feruloylquinic acid, and 3-p-coumaroylquinic acid Proanthocyanidins Quercetin-3-O-rutinoside, quercetin-3-O-hexoside, kaempherol-3-O-hexoside, and kaempherol-3-O-rutinoside —— —— ——
Plums Tolosa 42 and 48 days after full bloom Neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, Isochlorogenic acid, 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-feruloylquinic acid, and 3-p-coumaroylquinic acid Proanthocyanidins Quercetin-3-O-rutinoside —— —— ——
Grape Thompson Seedless —— Ggallic acid, benzoic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, and p-coumaric acid —— Quercetin and rutin —— Resveratrol —— [41]
Apple Fuji, Nagafu 2 30 days after blossoming 5-Caffeoylquinic acid, 4-p-coumarylquinic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and phenylalanine ester (+)-Catechin, (−)-epicatechin, and procyanidin B2 Rutin, quercetin quercetin-3-O-galactoside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside, isoquercetin, and quercetin Phloretin-2′-O-xyloglucoside, hydroxyphospholipid monoglycoside, hydroxychrometin diglycoside, and hyperoside —— —— [44]
Pomegranate Borde de Albatera 1, PiñónTierno deOjós PiñónTierno deOjós5, Mollar de Elche 14 et al. (all of 9) Middle of June to the first week of July (Orihuela, Alicante, Spain) —— Ellagic tannin, gallic acyl-hexahydroxy, dibenzoyl-hexanoside, and gallic acyl-glucoside —— —— —— —— [19]
Kiwifruit Zesy002, Zesy004, Hayward 20 days after fruit set Gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, vanillic acid, p-Coumaric acid, and ferulic acid Catechin epigallocatechin gallate, and epicatechin Rutin, quercitrin, and quercetin hyperoside —— —— —— [37]
Pears Fengshui, Cuiguan, Dangshansuli et al. (all of 10) 20 days after full bloom Quinic acid, cinnamic acid isomer, chlorogenic acid, 1-O-caffeoylquinic acid, 4-p-coumaroylquinic acid, caffeoylshikimic acid, 3-O-feruloylquinic acid, caffeoyl-malonyl-methylcitric acid, isochlorogenic acid A, and p-coumaroylcaffeoylquinic acid (+) -Catechin, (−)-epicatechin, and procyanidin dimer —— —— —— Arbutin, caffeoylarbutin, p-coumaroylarbutin, and p-coumaroylarbutin [46]
Orange Navel variety Physiologically matured with green peel Caffeic acid Catechin and epicatechin Rutin, quercitrin, quercetin, naringin, kaempferol, and luteolin —— —— —— [40]
Raspberry Rubus chingii Hu Green fruit stage Ellagic acid (+)-Catechin, (−)-epicatechin, and proanthocyanidin B1 Rutin, quercetin, kaempferol, quercetin-3-O-glucuronide, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, and kaempferol-3-O-glucoside —— —— —— [48]

——: not mentioned in the literature.