Exploring the potential of phenolic and antioxidant compounds in new Rosaceae fruits Razola Díaz, María del Carmen Aznar Ramos, María José Benítez Cruz, Guillermo Gómez Caravaca, Ana María Verardo, Vito Crataegus HPLC-ESI-TOF-MS HPLC-FLD Phenolic compounds Procyanidins Sorbus Ultrasound-assisted extraction BACKGROUND: Rosaceae fruits have been used in traditional medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases. However, these fruits have not extensively been studied regarding their phenolic composition. Thus, this research focuses on the determination of phenolic compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, flavan-3-ols by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection, and the antioxidant activity by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, 2,20-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), and ferric reducing antioxidant power of the fruits of five species of genera Crataegus and Sorbus (Rosaceae). RESULTS: We found a total of 71 phenolic compounds from which 30 were identified in these berries for the first time. Crataegus monogyna and Crataegus laciniata revealed higher total phenolic and flavan-3-ol contents than the other species and the highest antioxidant activities. CONCLUSIONS: Therefore, the fruits evaluated have demonstrated to be important sources of bioactive compounds with huge potential for being used in nutraceutical or food scopes. Additional studies could be needed to evaluate the influence of the different production areas on the phenolic content. 2024-03-15T12:53:24Z 2024-03-15T12:53:24Z 2023-11-30 journal article M d C Razola-Díaz et al. Exploring the potential of phenolic and antioxidant compounds in new Rosaceae fruits. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13255 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90026 10.1002/jsfa.13255 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Wiley