Determination of anti-microbial and phyto-chemical characteristics of some blackberry cultivars
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2021Author
Mertoğlu, KeremEskimez, İlknur
Polat, Mehmet
Okatan, Volkan
Korkmaz, Nazan
Gülbandılar, Aysel
Bulduk, İbrahim
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Mertoglu, K., Eskimez, I., Polat, M., Okatan, V., Korkmaz, N., Gulbandilar, A., & Bulduk, I. (2021). Determination of anti-microbial and phyto-chemical characteristics of some blackberry cultivarsAbstract
This study was carried out to determine the phytochemical and anti-microbial properties of some blackberry cultivars namely Chester, Jumbo, Bursa 1 and Bursa 2. According to results the, phenolic compounds such as total flavonoid and anthocyanin content were found in the range of 29.05 (Bursa 2) – (Jumbo) 44.13 mg catechin 100 mL-1 and 30.08 (Bursa 2) - 60.27 (Chester) mg cyanidin-3-glucoside 100 mL-1, respectively. Bursa 1 has been noted prominent in terms of antioxidant activity (63.73%), followed by Bursa 2 (52.84%), Chester (52.5%) and Jumbo (47.57%). Among the blacberry cultivars, Jumbo and Chester were found highly effective against to Candida albicans while similar anti-fungal effectiveness was found in Bursa 2 to Candida parapisilozis. Moreover, Bursa 2 and Chester showed strong anti-bacterial effects to Enterococcus faecalis whereas against to Staphylococcus aureus Bursa 1 and Jumbo were determined highly effective. Although antioxidant activity had a high level of positive relationship with total phenol (0.88***), it was negatively correlated with vitamin C (-0.51*) and total flavonoid amount (-0.58**). Due to Anthocyanins are a kind of flavonoid compounds, high positive correlation (0.70***) detected between these two characteristics.