Carotenoid Pigment of Citrus Fruits Cultivated in Korea

한국산 감귤의 Carotenoid계 색소

The carotenoids of 14 Korean Citrus were analyzed by HPLC and spectrophotometry. Selected Citrus varieties were Satsuma mandarins, Orange, Ponkan, Marumeru and Iyeagam. The amount of carotenoid in peel and juice of Citrus is $0.82{\sim}10.64\;mg%$ and $0.23{\sim}3.38\;mg%$, respectively. Among the 14 peaks obtained from each samples, ${\alpha}-carotene$, ${\beta}-carotene$, Iycopene and lutein were identified by the direct comparison with authentics. Eigth peaks were assumed to neoxanthin, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, lutein-5,6-epoxide, isolutein, cryptox-diepoxide, cryptox-5,6-epoxide and ${\beta}-cryptoxanthin$ through reference $t_R$ and two peaks remained unknown.

총 carotenoid 함량을 ${\beta}-carotene$ 상당의 mg%로 산출하였을 때 감귤 14종의 과육과 과피의 함량은 각각 $0.23{\sim}3.38\;mg%$, $0.82{\sim}10.64\;mg%$이었고 평균치는 과육과 과피에서 각각 1.5 mg%, 7 mg%이었다. HPLC에서 14종의 peak를 분리하였으며 이들 peak중 lutein, lycopene, ${\alpha}-carotene$, ${\beta}-carotene$은 표준품과 직접 비교 확인하였고, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, lutein-5,6-epoxide, isolutein, cryptox-diepoxide, cryptox-5,6-epoxide and ${\beta}-cryptoxanthin$ 등은 다른 문헌상의 $t_R$과 비교 추정하였다. 개별 carotenoid 함량비를 HPLC chromatogram의 peak 면적%로 비교하였던 바, 품종간의 차이는 뚜렷하지 않았다.