title: Detection and quantitation of resveratrol in tomato fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.).
abstract: Resveratrol is a stilbene phytoalexin well-known for its presence in grape, wine, and peanut. As a result of its antioxidant and chemopreventative properties, it has gained much attention as a functional food ingredient. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the detection of resveratrol, its 3-glucopyranoside piceid, and the cis isomers of both compounds has been developed and used to quantitate the levels of these compounds in the skin of commercially available tomato fruit (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). The resveratrol concentration remains relatively stable during fruit maturation, reaching a maximum concentration in the skin of 18.4 +/- 1.6 microg/g dry weight at 4 weeks postbreaker. No stilbenes were detected in the flesh of tomato fruit.
authors.affiliation: Ceres, Inc., 1535 Rancho Conejo Boulevard, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA.
authors.forename: Amr S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ragab
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Fleet
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: Joon-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bobzin
mesh_terms: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D013267:Stilbenes; D000077185:Resveratrol