Carboxylic acids from Aronia melanocarpa

Abstract

It can be seen from the results that fruit of A. melanocarpa contained 25 carboxylic acids, of which 13 were fatty acids and 5, aromatic. The dominant acids (mg/kg) were linoleic (2655.6), malic (1786.9), oleic (1013.4), palmitic (883.0), and citric (814.7). Leaves of A. melanocarpa afforded 35 carboxylic acids, of which 18 were fatty acids and 7, aromatic. The dominant acids (mg/kg) were linolenic (3779.2), oxalic (2864.6), palmitic (2047.6), and malic (1506.9). Branch bark of the plant yielded 35 carboxylic acids, of which 18 were fatty acids and 5, aromatic. The dominant acids (mg/kg) were linoleic (3482.6), palmitic (3365.9), behenic (2811.9), linolenic (2456.3), citric (1391.5), and oxalic (958.8).