Detection and quantification of the antioxidant melatonin in montmorency and balaton tart cherries (Prunus cerasus)

被引:191
作者
Burkhardt, S
Tan, DX
Manchester, LC
Hardeland, R
Reiter, RJ
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Cellular & Struct Biol, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[2] Univ Gottingen, Inst Zool & Anthropol, D-37073 Gottingen, Germany
关键词
melatonin; fruit; Prunus cerasus; balaton cherry; montmorency cherry; antioxidant;
D O I
10.1021/jf010321+
中图分类号
S [农业科学];
学科分类号
09 ;
摘要
The antioxidant melatonin was recently identified in a variety of edible plants and seeds in high concentrations. In plants, as in animals, melatonin is believed to function as a free radical scavenger and possibly in photoperiodism. In this study, melatonin was detected and quantified in fresh-frozen Balaton and Montmorency tart cherries (Prunus cerasus) using high-performance liquid chromatography. Both cherry species contain high levels of melatonin compared to the melatonin concentrations in the blood of mammals. Montmorency cherries (13.46 +/- 1.10 ng/g) contain similar to6 times more melatonin than do Balaton cherries (2.06 +/- 0.17 ng/g). Neither the orchard of origin nor the time of harvest influenced the amount of melatonin in fresh cherries. The implication of the current findings is that consuming cherries could be an important source of dietary melatonin inasmuch as melatonin is readily absorbed when taken orally. Also, previously published data and the results presented here show that melatonin is not only endogenously produced but also present in the diet.
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页码:4898 / 4902
页数:5
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