RT journal article
T1 Discrimination of Myrtle Ecotypes from Different Geographic Areas According to Their Morphological Characteristics and Anthocyanins Composition
A1 Velasco González de Peredo, Ana
A1 Vázquez Espinosa, Mercedes
A1 Espada Bellido, Estrella
A1 Ferreiro González, Marta
A1 Amores Arrocha, Antonio
A1 Palma Lovillo, Miguel
A1 Fernández Barbero, Gerardo
A1 Jiménez Cantizano, Ana Concepción
A2 Ingeniería Química y Tecnología de Alimentos
A2 Química Analítica
K1 anthocyanins
K1 chemometric methods
K1 hierarchical cluster analysis
K1 morphological parameters
K1 Myrtus communis L.
K1 phenolic compounds
K1 principal component analysis
AB Myrtus communis L. is an evergreen shrub that produces berries with a high content inantioxidant compounds. Since these compounds have demonstrated a positive e ect on humanhealth, the interest on berries and their usages has increased. However, environmental conditions maya ect the productivity of these species and consequently the quality of wild myrtle. Ecotypes fromdiverse geographical origins may result in significant variations in terms of bioactive compoundscontent as well as in chemical traits. For this reason, in this work ecotypes from two di erentlocalizations have been studied to determine if their di erences in morphological and anthocyaninstraits can be attributed to their origin and the environmental characteristics of these locations. Forthis, chemometric analyses such as Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Principal Component Analysis,were employed. The results showed di erences between the ecotypes depending on their location.In particular, myrtle berries from maritime zones present greater fruit size and amount of bioactivecompounds, which means an improvement in the quality of the final product based on this rawmaterial. It can be concluded that both morphological and anthocyanins traits are related to thelocation of the ecotype and allow selecting the best ecotype for the required applications.
PB MDPI
SN 2223-7747
YR 2019
FD 2019-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21841
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21841
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026