Table 3.
Organic acids and monosaccharides in unripe fruits.
| Active Components | Unripe Fruits | Cultivars | Maturity Stages | Component Characterization | Reference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic acids | Grape | Glera, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet sauvignon | Bunch closure | Tartaric acid and malic acid | [49] | 
| Peach | Mibaekdo and Nagasawa Hakuho | 30–35 days after flowers | Oxalic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, and lactic acid | [50] | |
| Strawberry | Seolhyang, Janghee, and Maehyang | 50% of fruit surface turns into red color | Malic acid and citric acid | [39] | |
| Monosaccharide | Grape | Glera, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon | Bunch closure | Glucose and fructose | [49] | 
| Tomato | —— | —— | Rhamnogalacturonan | [53] | |
| Apple | —— | 30 days after blossom | Galactose, arabinose, mannose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, glucose, and xylose | [54] | |
| Banana | Musa sapientum | —— | Rhamnose, trehalose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, glucose, and uronic acid | [55] | |
| Strawberry | Seolhyang, Janghee, and Maehyang | 50% of fruit surface turns into red color | Fructose, glucose, and sucrose | [39] | 
——: not mentioned in the literature.