Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolics of Local Apple Cultivars Encountered along the Coastal Zone of Northeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey

Ahmet AYGÜN

In this study, antioxidant activity and total phenolics in fruit flesh and fruit flesh skin tissue of local apple cultivars encountered along the coastal zone of Northeastern Anatolia Region (Turkey) and 5 standard cultivars were determined. In local cultivars, antioxidant activities (μmol Trolox equivalent (TE) antioxidant g fresh weight (fw)-1) varied between 0.17-1.70 in fruit flesh and between 0.35-1.55 in fruit flesh skin tissue; in standard cultivars, the values varied between 0.24 (‘Royal Gala’) and 0.29 (‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Pink Lady’) in fruit flesh and between 0.27 (‘Jonagold’) and 0 ...Более