Huifang Ma , Shaodong Zeng , Haijie Huang , Xiaowei Pan , Zheng Pan , Lili Liu , Yijun Liu , Jianzhi Ye
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Abstract
To thoroughly analysis the lipid composition and regularities of distribution in different cashew apple varieties, the fatty acid composition and lipid composition of cashew apples were separated and identified by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and the overall differences and metabolic pathways of lipids in eight cashew apples were analyzed by OPLS-DA and metabolomics. The results showed that cashew apples were composed of 17 fatty acids (oleic acid and palmitic acid, etc.) and 320 lipids in eight cashew apples, among which 190 lipid compounds with VIP value greater than 1 were screened out, and the lipid compounds in different cashew apples were quite different. The content of total fatty acids and total sterols was highest in Bra4. The difference in lipid composition between Moz3 and Gua was the largest, and 67 lipid compounds with significant differences were found, which mainly existed in nine metabolic pathways (steroid biosynthesis and linoleic acid metabolism, etc.). This study provided a scientific basis for the variety identification and functional product development of cashew apples.
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Food Research International serves as a rapid dissemination platform for significant and impactful research in food science, technology, engineering, and nutrition. The journal focuses on publishing novel, high-quality, and high-impact review papers, original research papers, and letters to the editors across various disciplines in the science and technology of food. Additionally, it follows a policy of publishing special issues on topical and emergent subjects in food research or related areas. Selected, peer-reviewed papers from scientific meetings, workshops, and conferences on the science, technology, and engineering of foods are also featured in special issues.