Table 6. Qualitative and quantification of phenolic acid using HPLC in 100% ethanol extracts from apple flowers with the different drying conditions (320 nm)
Drying conditions | Sample flower name | Caffeic acid2) | p-Coumaric acid | Ferulic acid | Sinapic acid | Salicylic acid | SUM |
Hot air drying (HD) | ‘Hongno’1) | 4.73) | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 31.8 | 45.4 |
‘Aori’ | 3.5 | 21.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 20.9 | 54.2 |
‘Fuji’ | - | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 16.3 |
‘Jonathan’ | - | - | 1.7 | 4.9 | - | 6.6 |
‘Myanmar’ | - | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | - | 8.1 |
Freeze drying (FD) | ‘Hongno’ | 5.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 123.1 | 134.8 |
‘Aori’ | 82.0 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 151.9 | 241.9 |
‘Fuji’ | 1.4 | 2.5 | - | - | 167.4 | 171.3 |
‘Jonathan’ | 3.7 | 5.5 | - | - | 129.8 | 139 |
‘Myanmar’ | 1.6 | 3.1 | - | - | 136.0 | 140.7 |
Each sample concentration was 2 mg/mL.
Each sample standard was 0.2-200 mg/kg.
Units was mg/kg.