Abstract
There are numerous wild edible fruit species in the world and they are important components of dietary utilization, local pharmacopoeia, cultural and religious practices of indigenous people. In this study, some important berry characteristics of seven seed propagated black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) genotypes sampled from Rize province, Turkey, were assessed. The genotypes exhibited a great diversity on most of the biochemical characteristics. Berries of genotypes showed moderate Vitamin C content ranged from 26 to 38 mg per 100 g fresh weight. Total phenolic and total anthocyanin content in fruits of the S. nigra genotypes has also high value ranged from 360 to 447 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE) per 100 g fresh weight and 307 to 412 mg cyanidin-3-glucoside equivalent per 100 g fresh berry, respectively. Antioxidant activity was found between 5.28 and 7.11 mmol trolox equivalent per 100 g fresh weight basis. Citric acid and fructose determined as major organic acid and sugar for all genotypes. For its high vitamin C, total anthocyanin and total phenolic content and high antioxidant activity of fruits of wild grown S. nigra may have provide many health benefits and can be domesticated to establish orchards in Turkey.
 
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Highlights
Horticultural plants present numerous types of species, cultivars, genotypes and accessions, occurring worldwide
In Denmark, vitamin C content in 13 elderberry cultivars was reported between 6-25 mg/100 ml (Kaack and Austed, 1998)
Sambucus is a diverse genus and there were incredible variation among species on most of the morphological and biochemical traits. These variations are more obvious in particular on total phenolic and anthocyanin anthocyanin content (Mikulic-Petkovsek et al, 2016). These results indicate total anthocyanin richness of black elderberry fruits and high polyphenol content of Sambucus nigra comparable with high anthocyanin included fruits such as black mulberry, cranberry, blueberry, black currant, blackberry and blue honeysuckle
Summary
Horticultural plants present numerous types of species, cultivars, genotypes and accessions, occurring worldwide. Wild edible fruits constitute major component of food sources and livelihood in particular for rural peoples for employment and income generation in inner, eastern and northern part of Turkey. Almost all wild edible fruits are naturally grown and gathered by rural people during maturation period from varied habitats including natural forests, pastures, agricultural fields, human disturbed areas such as roadsides and wastelands and utilization of certain wild plant foods is integral to their socio-cultural life (Cuce and Sokmen, 2017). They are consumed as substitute for staple food. Northern and eastern part of Turkey, many rural families sells wild food plants in local market to generate cash income (Ercisli et al, 2008)
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