Quantifying biochemical quality parameters in carrots (Daucus carota L.) – FT-Raman spectroscopy as efficient tool for rapid metabolite profiling
2016
Krähmer, Andrea | Böttcher, Christoph | Rode, Andrea | Nothnagel, Thomas | Schulz, Hartwig
Application of FT-Raman spectroscopy for simultaneous quantification of carotenoids, carbohydrates, polyacetylenes and phenylpropanoids with high bioactive potential was investigated in storage roots of Daucus carota. Within single FT-Raman experiment carbohydrates, carotenoids, and polyacetylenes could be reliably quantified with high coefficients of determination of R2>0.91. The most abundant individual representatives of each compound class could be quantified with comparably high quality resulting in R2=0.97 and 0.96 for α-carotene and β-carotene, in R2=0.90 for falcarindiol (FaDOH), R2=0.99, 0.98 and 0.96 for fructose, glucose and sucrose. In contrast, application of FT-Raman spectroscopy for quantification of two laserine-type phenylpropanoids was investigated but failed due to low concentration and Raman response. Furthermore, evaluation of metabolic profiles by principle component analysis (PCA) revealed metabolic variety of carrot root composition depending on root color and botanical relationship.
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