Identification and analysis of anthocyanin components in fruit color variation in Schisandra chinensis.
BACKGROUND
Fruit color is an important index and parameter for measuring fruit quality. As an important pigment, anthocyanin is a determinant which appears in all sorts of colors of fruits in nature.


RESULTS
Color parameters were measured using a spectrometer and used as a basis to divide the materials into three groups: reddish-orange, orange and yellow. A validated high-performance liquid chromatographic-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometric method was used for the analysis of anthocyanin in Schisandra chinensis and for determining major anthocyanin components in S. chinensis fruits, i.e. cyanidin xylosyl-glucoside (CyXylGlu), cyanidin glucosyl-rutinoside (CyGluRutin), cyanidin rutinoside (CyRutin) and cyanidin xylosyl-rutinoside (CyXylRutin). The anthocyanin contents vary obviously in different colored fruits in S. chinensis. The impact of anthocyanin on coloration of fruits was investigated by multiple regression analysis between color parameters and anthocyanin components, which indicated that CyRutin is the primary cause of fruit color variation in S. chinensis.


CONCLUSIONS
The content and type of anthocyanin determine fruit coloration in S. chinensis, laying the early foundations for systematically interpreting the mechanism of fruit coloration in S. chinensis. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry.
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Jingjing
J
Liao
Analytical Instrumentation Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Jian
J
Zang
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Fei
F
Yuan
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Shuang
S
Liu
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Yibo
Y
Zhang
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Haiyan
H
Li
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Zhongyun
Z
Piao
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.
Hongbo
H
Li
D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003116:Color; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000032:analysis; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D032141:Schisandra / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods
D000872:Anthocyanins; D005960:Glucosides; D010936:Plant Extracts; C017154:cyanidin
HPLC-ESI-MS; Schisandra chinensis; anthocyanin; color parameters; multiple regression