DER ERWERBSOBSTBAU, cilt.4, sa.65, ss.1171-1183, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Abstract
Once the benefits to human health of the goji berry plant were understood, the popularity of goji products rapidly increased
worldwide due to more studies by researchers and effective marketing strategies. For this reason, goji fruit and its fruit juice
are marketed as healthy food products in many countries around the world. This study aimed to detect aroma compounds
with a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) device using two solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers for
fruit harvested in different ripening periods from three Lycium barbarum L. genotypes (‘HZR1’, ‘HZR2’, ‘HZR3’) and
compare them with dried fruit from the Lycium barbarum L. genotypes. Another aim was to detect the protein contents
of fruit harvested in different ripening periods from the ‘HZR1’, ‘HZR2’, and ‘HZR3’ genotypes and the ‘M1 ALTUN˙ I’
genotype from the Lycium chinense species with the Micro-Kjeldahl method. The study identified 35 volatile aroma
compounds. The highest protein amount was found in the ‘M1 ALTUN˙ I’ genotype in the green period.
Keywords Lycium spp. · Fruit quality parameters · Protein · GC-MS · SPME