Publications

[hygienic significance of patulin in food. 2. occurrence of patulin in fruit and vegetables].	the analyses of more than 200 samples of various foods of plant origin showed that patulin was contained in 36% of the fresh and canned fruits infested with mould, and in 7% of the vegetables. besides apples, pears, plums, peaches and tomatoes contained also patulin. in organoleptically impeccable fruit juices, the contamination rates were 40% (for apple juice) and 16% (for the other juices, such as sour cherry, currant, sea buckthorn juices). the patulin content varied from 20 to 200 microgram/ ...	1979	471033
flavonoids of prunus cerasus.		1977	905413
[analytic and biological standardization of prunus avium extracts].	novicardine, the acetonic extract of p. avium peduncle which has advantageous cardiotonic effect, was standardized chemically and biologically. flavonones, flavones, isoflavones and their glycosides were (methanolbuffer solution eluent, gradient elution) detected by reverse phase hplc technique. it has been found that substances produced from different varieties of cherry peduncle originated from various lands, have the same components and their ratios are similar, but a contradictory statement ...	1992	1442096
synthesis and characterisation of methyl 2-o-(beta-d- glucopyranosyl)-6-o-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-alpha-d-glucopyranoside.	the branched trisaccharide, 2-o-(beta-d-glucopyranosyl)-6-o-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-d-glucopyranos e (2), is regarded as the sugar moiety of an anthocyanin pigment isolated from the fruits and flowers of certain begonia, clivia, rubus, prunus, and ribis species. the cyanidin-3-glycoside of 1 has been identified as one of the major pigments of montmorency cherries (prunus cerasus). it has also been isolated as quercetin and kaempherol glycosides from the flowers of potato (solanum tuberosum). s ...	1990	2279247
influence of phosphate compounds on certain fungi and their preservative effects on fresh cherry fruit (prunus cerasus, l.).	studies were conducted to ascertain the retarding effects of four phosphate compounds (sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium tetraphosphate, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate) on molding of fresh cherries (prunus cerasus, l.). in vitro studies on their antimycotic effects against the most common fungal spoilers, penicillium expansum, rhizopus nigricans, and botrytis sp., were also carried out. sodium tetraphosphate appeared to be the most effective compound in preserving cherries ...	1968	4295176
activity of prunus necrotic ring spot virus in pollen of sour cherry.		1967	5590022
[synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-wogonin-7-mono-beta-d-glucoside, a new glycoside from prunus cerasus l].		1969	5794437
serological relationships of some virus isolated from sour cherry using antisera from mice and rabbits.		1969	5799568
[on the presence of cumarin derivatives in sour cherry and prune leaves].		1965	5877239
a linkage map of sweet cherry based on rapd analysis of a microspore-derived callus culture population.	a partial linkage map was constructed for the sweet cherry (prunus avium l.) cultivar emperor francis from a population of 56 microspore-derived callus culture individuals. the callus cultures were genotyped for two allozymes and 90 random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) markers using 79 random decanucleotide dna primers and the polymerase chain reaction (pcr). eighty-nine markers mapped to 10 linkage groups totaling 503.3 cm. dna blot and hybridization analysis using five cloned rapds as probe ...	2010	8683097
specific oligonucleotide primers for the direct detection of plum pox potyvirus-cherry subgroup.	a specific polymerase chain reaction assay was developed for direct identification of the distinct subgroup of plum pox potyvirus (ppv) isolates from cherry trees (ppv-cherry, ppv-c) and its differentiation from other known subgroups of ppv. the specificity of the assay is based on using a pair of primers whose nucleotide sequences are located on the coat protein gene of ppv-sour cherry (soc) at regions of high nucleotide divergence between ppv-soc and other isolates of ppv. the technique will b ...	1998	9562418
a small-scale procedure for extracting nucleic acids from woody plants infected with various phytopathogens for pcr assay.	the complexity of most nucleic acid extraction procedures limits the number of samples that can be easily processed for analysis by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). a simple, small-scale procedure was developed which can be carried out entirely in 1.5-ml microfuge tubes whereby the container and contents are frozen with liquid nitrogen, tissue is pulverized, and targeted nucleic acids are extracted. dna of bacterial and phytoplasmal plant pathogens was extracted in hot ctab buffer followed by ch ...	1998	9628220
nucleotide sequence of the putative replicase gene of the sour cherry strain of plum pox potyvirus.	the complete nucleotide sequence of the nib coding region of the sour cherry strain of plum pox potyvirus (ppv-soc) has been determined. it consists of 1554 nucleotides and encodes a putative replicase protein of 518 amino acids. sequence identity scores between nib of ppv-soc and other isolates of ppv are significantly low (c. 78%). many of the nucleotide substitutions, however, are silent. ppv-soc differs from isolates of ppv-d, ppv-m and ppv-e1 amar at multiple amino acid positions that are c ...	1998	9856106
novel antioxidant compounds from tart cherries (prunus cerasus).	as indicated by an fe(ii)-induced liposome peroxidation bioassay, the etoac extract of tart cherries (prunus cerasus) was found to have strong antioxidant activity. purification of this extract afforded chlorogenic acid methyl ester (1) and three novel compounds, 2-hydroxy-3-(o-hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid (2); 1-(3', 4'-dihydroxycinnamoyl)-cyclopenta-2,5-diol (3), and 1-(3', 4'-dihydroxycinnamoyl)-cyclopenta-2,3-diol (4), as determined by their spectral data. at a 20-microm concentration, the ...	1999	9917288
the diversity of polyprenol pattern in leaves of fruit trees belonging to rosaceae and cornaceae.	the polyprenol pattern in leaves of fruit trees belonging to the rosaceae (genera: prunus, malus) and cornaceae (genus: cornus) families is presented. the content of polyprenyl acetates varied within plant species between 10-50 mg per gram of dry weight. in genus prunus, cornus and in representatives of species malus domestica, a mixture of polyprenols composed of 18, 19, 20, 21 isoprene units was found. in six species of genus prunus (sour-cherry): p. serrulata-spontanea, p. yedoensis, p. fruti ...	1998	9918509
antioxidant polyphenols from tart cherries (prunus cerasus).	montmorency and balaton tart cherries were lyophilized and sequentially extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. methanolic extracts of dried balaton and montmorency tart cherries (prunus cerasus) inhibited lipid peroxidation induced by fe(2+) at 25 ppm concentrations. further partitioning of this methanol extract with etoac yielded a fraction that inhibited lipid peroxidation by 76% at 25 ppm. purification of this etoac fraction afforded eight polyphenolic compounds, 5,7,4'-trihydrox ...	1999	10552377
chloroplast inheritance and dna variation in sweet, sour, and ground cherry.	sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) is an allotetraploid and both sweet cherry (p avium l.) and ground cherry (p. fruticosa pall.) are the proposed progenitor species. the study investigated the maternal species origin(s) of sour cherry using chloroplast dna (cpdna) markers and a diverse set of 22 sweet, 25 sour, and 7 ground cherry selections. two cpdna restriction fragment length polymorphisms (rflps) and one polymerase chain reaction (pcr) fragment length polymorphism were identified among the 54 ...	2008	10739133
transgenic or plant expression vector-mediated recombination of plum pox virus.	different mutants of an infectious full-length clone (p35ppv-nat) of plum pox virus (ppv) were constructed: three mutants with mutations of the assembly motifs rq and df in the coat protein gene (cp) and two cp chimeras with exchanges in the cp core region of zucchini yellow mosaic virus and potato virus y. the assembly mutants were restricted to single infected cells, whereas the ppv chimeras were able to produce systemic infections in nicotiana benthamiana plants. after passages in different t ...	2000	10906199
effect of aronia berry honey syrup used for sweetening jams on their quality.	the effects of sweetening agents on the quality of low sweetened jams were compared with respect to blackcurrant, raspberry, sour cherry, strawberry, and bilberry jams. the sweetening agents were sucrose, aronia berry honey syrup, and sucrose + honey syrup at a ratio of 1:1. the level of physicochemical indices, especially the content of vitamin c and anthocyanins determined directly after production and after 3- and 6-month storage, was used as the quality criterion for the evaluation of jams. ...	2001	11534468
detection and quantification of the antioxidant melatonin in montmorency and balaton tart cherries (prunus cerasus).	the antioxidant melatonin was recently identified in a variety of edible plants and seeds in high concentrations. in plants, as in animals, melatonin is believed to function as a free radical scavenger and possibly in photoperiodism. in this study, melatonin was detected and quantified in fresh-frozen balaton and montmorency tart cherries (prunus cerasus) using high-performance liquid chromatography. both cherry species contain high levels of melatonin compared to the melatonin concentrations in ...	2001	11600041
degradation products of cyanidin glycosides from tart cherries and their bioactivities.	the bioactive anthocyanins present in tart cherries, prunus cerasus l. (rosaceae) cv. balaton, are cyanidin 3-glucosylrutinoside (1), cyanidin 3-rutinoside (2), and cyanidin 3-glucoside (3). cyanidin (4) is the major anthocyanidin in tart cherries. in our continued evaluation of the in vivo and in vitro efficacy of these anthocyanins to prevent inflammation and colon cancer, we have added these compounds to mccoy's 5a medium in an effort to identify their degradation products during in vitro cel ...	2001	11600045
cyclooxygenase inhibitory and antioxidant cyanidin glycosides in cherries and berries.	anthocyanins from tart cherries, prunus cerasus l. (rosaceae) cv. balaton and montmorency; sweet cherries, prunus avium l. (rosaceae); bilberries, vaccinum myrtillus l. (ericaceae); blackberries, rubus sp. (rosaceae); blueberries var. jersey, vaccinium corymbosum l. (ericaceae); cranberries var. early black, vaccinium macrocarpon ait. (ericaceae); elderberries, sambucus canadensis (caprifoliaceae); raspberries, rubus idaeus (rosaceae); and strawberries var. honeoye, fragaria x ananassa duch. (ro ...	2001	11695879
a systematic screening of total antioxidants in dietary plants.	a predominantly plant-based diet reduces the risk for development of several chronic diseases. it is often assumed that antioxidants contribute to this protection, but results from intervention trials with single antioxidants administered as supplements quite consistently do not support any benefit. because dietary plants contain several hundred different antioxidants, it would be useful to know the total concentration of electron-donating antioxidants (i.e., reductants) in individual items. suc ...	2002	11880572
development of microsatellite markers in peach [ prunus persica (l.) batsch] and their use in genetic diversity analysis in peach and sweet cherry ( prunus avium l.).	we report the sequence of 41 primer pairs of microsatellites from a ct-enriched genomic library of the peach cultivar 'merrill o'henry'. ten microsatellite-containing clones had sequences similar to plant coding sequences in databases and could be used as markers for known functions. for microsatellites segregating at least in one of the two prunus f(2) progenies analyzed, it was possible to demonstrate mendelian inheritance. microsatellite polymorphism was evaluated in 27 peach and 21 sweet che ...	2002	12582570
cloning, expression, and characterization of sorbitol transporters from developing sour cherry fruit and leaf sink tissues.	the acyclic polyol sorbitol is a primary photosynthetic product and the principal photosynthetic transport substance in many economically important members of the family rosaceace (e.g. almond [prunus dulcis (p. mill.) d.a. webber], apple [malus pumila p. mill.], cherry [prunus spp.], peach [prunus persica l. batsch], and pear [pyrus communis]). to understand key steps in long-distance transport and particularly partitioning and accumulation of sorbitol in sink tissues, we have cloned two sorbit ...	2003	12692316
a pollen-expressed gene for a novel protein with an f-box motif that is very tightly linked to a gene for s-rnase in two species of cherry, prunus cerasus and p. avium.	this study describes a novel f-box protein gene in the s-locus of sour cherry (prunus cerasus) and sweet cherry (p. avium). the gene showed an s-haplotype-specific sequence polymorphism and the expression was specific to pollen. genomic dna blot analysis of eight sweet cherry cultivars with the probe for the f-box protein gene under low stringency conditions yielded rflp bands specific to the s-haplotypes of each cultivar. we discuss the possibility of the gene for the f-box protein being a cand ...	2003	12881505
identity of and relationships among certain sour cherry viruses mechanically transmitted to prunus species.		1958	13593186
the relation of polyphenol oxidase to instability in vitro of prune dwarf and sour cherry necrotic ringspot viruses.		1961	13711137
purification of sour cherry necrotic ringspot and prune dwarf viruses.		1959	13825645
self-incompatibility (s) locus region of the mutated s6-haplotype of sour cherry (prunus cerasus) contains a functional pollen s allele and a non-functional pistil s allele.	this study characterizes the s6m-haplotype, a mutated s6-haplotype with an altered hindiii cut site, of sour cherry (prunus cerasus). inheritance and pollination studies of s-haplotypes from reciprocal crosses between 'erdi botermo' (eb; s4s6msa) and 'rheinische schattenmorelle' (rs; s6sasbsc) revealed that the s6m-haplotype conferred unilateral incompatibility with a non-functional pistil component and a functional pollen component. expression analyses of s6-rnase and sfb6, a candidate gene for ...	2003	14512382
the complete nucleotide sequence of plum pox virus isolates from sweet (ppv-swc) and sour (ppv-soc) cherry and their taxonomic relationships within the species.	plum pox virus (ppv) sweet (swc) and sour (soc) cherry isolates were the first ppv isolates to be recovered from natural infection in sweet and sour cherry plants, respectively. their complete nucleotide sequences have been determined finding a deduced genome organisation typical for ppv species. both genomes are 9795 nucleotides long, excluding the 3' terminal poly(a) tail, and contain an open reading frame of 9432 nt, encoding a polyprotein of 3143 amino acids. the nucleotide and predicted ami ...	2003	14579174
identification of incompatibility alleles in the tetraploid species sour cherry.	the incompatibility genetics of sour cherry ( prunus cerasus), an allotetraploid species thought to be derived from sweet cherry (diploid) and ground cherry (tetraploid), were investigated by test crossing and by analysis of stylar ribonucleases which are known to be the products of incompatibility alleles in sweet cherry. stylar extracts of 36 accessions of sour cherry were separated electrophoretically and stained for ribonuclease activity. the zymograms of most accessions showed three bands, ...	2004	14689184
dormancy of micropropagated sour cherry plantlets.	micropropagation of fruit trees results in the early onset of dormancy in the young plantlets. prechilling of shoot cultures of sour cherry cvs schattenmorelle and north star at 4 degrees c for 6-8 weeks prolonged shoot extension of the plantlets but longer cold treatments adversely affected shoot growth and survival. chilling of cultures had no affect on rhizogenesis. no significant influence of aba, ga(3) or aba + ga(3) was observed on root development. gibberellic acid a(3) did not stimulate ...	1986	14975884
oral ketamine premedication can prevent emergence agitation in children after desflurane anaesthesia.	the purpose of the present study was to determine whether oral ketamine premedication affected the incidence of emergence agitation in children.	2004	15153210
[antioxidants and oxidative stress].	oxidative damage is related to the development of several diseases. an improved antioxidant defence may therefore protect against these diseases. recent studies have demonstrated that dietary plants contain several hundred different antioxidants.	2004	15229712
genetic relationships between diploid and allotetraploid cherry species (prunus avium, prunus x gondouinii and prunus cerasus).	prunus avium l. (diploid, aa, 2n=2x=16), prunus cerasus l. (allotetraploid, aaff, 2n=4x=32) species, and their hybrid prunus x gondouinii rehd., constitute the most widely cultivated cherry tree species. p. cerasus is supposed to be an hybrid species produced by the union of unreduced p. avium gametes and normal p. fruticosa gametes. a continuum of morphological traits between these three species makes their assignation difficult. the aim of this paper is to study the genetic relationships betwe ...	2004	15354194
heme oxygenase-1-related carbon monoxide and flavonoids in ischemic/reperfused rat retina.	there is increasing evidence to show cytoprotective effects of various flavonoid-rich extracts and the tissue-protective capacity of flavonoid-rich extract of sour cherry is due to flavonoid components of seeds. sour cherry seed flavonoids were evaluated for their contribution to postischemic recovery related to endogenous carbon monoxide (co) production in rat retinas subjected to ischemia/reperfusion.	2004	15452083
sour cherry (prunus cerasus l) anthocyanins as ingredients for functional foods.	in the recent years many studies on anthocyanins have revealed their strong antioxidant activity and their possible use as chemotherapeutics. the finding that sour cherries (prunus cerasus l) (also called tart cherries) contain high levels of anthocyanins that possess strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties has attracted much attention to this species. here we report the preliminary results of the induction of anthocyanin biosynthesis in sour cherry callus cell cultures. the evaluati ...	2004	15577186
arabidopsis polyol transporter5, a new member of the monosaccharide transporter-like superfamily, mediates h+-symport of numerous substrates, including myo-inositol, glycerol, and ribose.	six genes of the arabidopsis thaliana monosaccharide transporter-like (mst-like) superfamily share significant homology with polyol transporter genes previously identified in plants translocating polyols (mannitol or sorbitol) in their phloem (celery [apium graveolens], common plantain [plantago major], or sour cherry [prunus cerasus]). the physiological role and the functional properties of this group of proteins were unclear in arabidopsis, which translocates sucrose and small amounts of raffi ...	2004	15598803
total oxidant scavenging capacities of common european fruit and vegetable juices.	the total oxidant scavenging capacity (tosc) assay in a modified and automated version was applied for a comparative and detailed survey of the antioxidant capacities of 14 common european fruit and vegetable juices (ace, apple, beetroot, blueberry, carrot, elderberry, lemon, lingonberry, multivitamin, orange, pink grapefruit, sauerkraut, and tomato juices as well as sour cherry nectar). the juices were ranked according to their scavenging capacity against the three reactive oxygen species (ros) ...	2005	15631516
simultaneous identification and quantification of the sugar, sugar alcohol, and carboxylic acid contents of sour cherry, apple, and ber fruits, as their trimethylsilyl derivatives, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.	our gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method--developed for the simultaneous quantitation of mono-, di-, and trisaccharides, sugar alcohols, caboxylic and amino acids, measured as their trimethylsilyl-(oxime) ether/ester derivatives, from one solution by a single injection, prepared in the presence of the fruit matrix--has been extended/utilized for special purposes. the compositions of (i) freshly harvested and stored sour cherries (prunus cerasus), (ii) apples obtained from organic and inte ...	2004	15675786
effects of different drinks on stainability of resin composite provisional restorative materials.	the ability of tooth-colored restorative materials for provisional restorations to resist stains is important when interim prostheses are worn for a long period. discoloration of provisional restorative materials may result in patient dissatisfaction and additional time and expense for replacement. however, the effect of different staining agents on the color difference of resin composite restorative materials has not been completely clarified.	2005	16046965
accumulation of nonfunctional s-haplotypes results in the breakdown of gametophytic self-incompatibility in tetraploid prunus.	the transition from self-incompatibility (si) to self-compatibility (sc) is regarded as one of the most prevalent transitions in angiosperm evolution, having profound impacts on the genetic structure of populations. yet, the identity and function of mutations that result in the breakdown of si in nature are not well understood. this work provides the first detailed genetic description of the breakdown of s-rnase-mediated gametophytic self-incompatibility (gsi) in a polyploid species that exhibit ...	2006	16219786
relative inhibition of lipid peroxidation, cyclooxygenase enzymes, and human tumor cell proliferation by natural food colors.	the most abundant water soluble natural food colors are betacyanins and anthocyanins. similarly, lycopene, bixin, beta-carotene, and chlorophyll are water insoluble colors. pure betanin, bixin, lycopene, chlorophyll, beta-carotene, and cyanidin-3-o-glucoside were isolated from beta vulgaris, bixa orellana,lycopersicum esculentum, spinacia oleracea, daucus carrota, and prunus cerasus, respectively. these natural pigments, alone and in combination, were evaluated for their relative potencies again ...	2005	16277432
inheritance and interactions of incompatibility alleles in the tetraploid sour cherry.	three progenies of sour cherry (prunus cerasus) were analysed to correlate self-(in)compatibility status with s-rnase phenotype in this allotetraploid hybrid of sweet and ground cherry. self-(in)compatibility was assessed in the field and by monitoring pollen tube growth after selfing. the s-rnase phenotypes were determined by isoelectric focusing of stylar proteins and staining for rnase activity and, for the parents, confirmed by pcr. seedling phenotypes were generally consistent with disomic ...	2006	16307228
sweet and sour cherry phenolics and their protective effects on neuronal cells.	the identification of phenolics from various cultivars of fresh sweet and sour cherries and their protective effects on neuronal cells were comparatively evaluated in this study. phenolics in cherries of four sweet and four sour cultivars were extracted and analyzed for total phenolics, total anthocyanins, and their antineurodegenerative activities. total phenolics in sweet and sour cherries per 100 g ranged from 92.1 to 146.8 and from 146.1 to 312.4 mg gallic acid equivalents, respectively. tot ...	2005	16366675
transformation of montmorency sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) and gisela 6 (p. cerasus x p. canescens) cherry rootstock mediated by agrobacterium tumefaciens.	sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) scion cv. montmorency and rootstock cv. gisela 6 (p. cerasus x p. canescens) were transformed using agrobacterium tumefaciens strain eha105:pbisn1 carrying the neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptii) and an intron interrupted ss-glucuronidase (gus) reporter gene (gusa). whole leaf explants were co-cultivated with a. tumefaciens, and selection and regeneration of transformed cells and shoots of both cultivars was carried out for 12 weeks on selection medium contai ...	2006	16369768
cardioprotective mechanisms of prunus cerasus (sour cherry) seed extract against ischemia-reperfusion-induced damage in isolated rat hearts.	the effects of kernel extract obtained from sour cherry (prunus cerasus) seed on the postischemic cardiac recovery were studied in isolated working rat hearts. rats were treated with various daily doses of the extract for 14 days, and hearts were then isolated and subjected to 30 min of global ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion. the incidence of ventricular fibrillation (vf) and tachycardia (vt) fell from their control values of 92% and 100% to 50% (not significant) and 58% (not signifi ...	2006	16617126
metabolic changes in after-ripening seed of prunus cerasus.	metabolic changes were studied in embryonic axes and cotyledons isolated from after-ripening seeds of prunus cerasus. during the seventh week of after-ripening, a striking increase in the respiration rate at 25 degrees of embryonic axes occurred along with a sharp change from the dormant to non-dormant state of the seed. on the basis of c-6/c-1 ratio determinations this change may be related to an increased activity of the pentose phosphate cycle.	1967	16656529
a study of ethylene in apple, red raspberry, and cherry.	high ethylene levels were associated with flower abscission in apple (malus sylvestris) and cherry (prunus avium and prunus cerasus), "june drop" of immature cherries, and harvest drop of apple and red raspberry (rubus idaeus). however, an increase in ethylene content was not associated with june drop of apples and harvest drop of cherries. during the period of fruit ripening on the plant, the largest increases in ethylene occurred in apple flesh and red raspberry receptacular tissue. ethylene r ...	1972	16658013
the occurrence of nitrate reductase in leaves of prunus species.	nitrate reductase was found in leaves of apricot prunus armeniaca, sour cherry p. cerasus, sweet cherry p. avium, and plum p. domestica, but not in peach p. persica, from trees grown in sand culture receiving a nitrate containing nutrient solution. nitrate was found in the leaves of all species. nitrate and nitrate reductase were found in leaves of field-grown apricot, sour cherry, and plum trees. the enzyme-extracting medium contained insoluble polyvinylpyrrolidone, and including dithiothreitol ...	1972	16658037
comparative freezing patterns in stems of cherry and azalea.	ice formation in stems, as determined by means of an electrophoretic mobility technique, occurs much more rapidly in azalea than in sour cherry. the difference is more marked in the bark than in the wood. disrupting the structure of the tissues completely eliminates differences in freezing patterns, although gross anatomical differences do not appear to account for differences in species response. microscopic examination of frozen stems indicated that little redistribution of water occurred duri ...	1972	16658210
cherry fruit abscission: evidence for time of initiation and the involvement of ethylene.	initiation of abscission at the pedicel-fruit zone in the sour cherry (prunus cerasus l. cv. montmorency) occurs near the transition of stage ii to stage iii of fruit growth. the preinitiation phase is characterized by a high fruit removal force (frf) and explants prepared from fruits during this period do not undergo abscission as indexed by a reduction in frf. ethylene does not cause a significant reduction in frf either in attached fruit or in explants prepared during this period. by contrast ...	1974	16658915
endogenous plant growth substances in developing fruit of prunus cerasus l: vii. isolation of gibberellin a(32).	a polar gibberellin active in the dwarf rice (oryza sativa l.) seedling and barley (hordeum vulgare l.) half-seed assays was extracted from immature sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) seed and identified as gibberellin a(32) by gas-liquid chromatography and selected ion monitoring.	1979	16660663
ethephon-induced gummosis in sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) : i. effect on xylem function and shoot water status.	ethephon, (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid, was sprayed at concentrations up to 69.2 millimolar to enhance gum formation in 1-year-old shoots of mature prunus cerasus l. cv montmorency trees. gum accumulation caused rupturing of the shoot periderm, followed by gum extrusion. lower ethephon concentrations were required to induce gum formation in spring and early summer (1.7-3.5 millimolar) then in late summer and fall (13.8-69.2 millimolar). the number of functional vessels, shoot hydraulic conduct ...	1982	16662532
ethephon-induced gummosis in sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) : ii. flow characteristics of gum solutions.	flow of sour cherry (prunus cerasus l. cv. montmorency) gum solutions through a glass capillary was newtonian for pressure gradients from 0 to 1.8 megapascals per meter, and hydraulic conductance was inversely proportional to solution viscosity in this range. however, flow became plastic at pressure gradients above 1.8 megapascals per meter, resulting in a decrease in solution viscosity. the magnitude of this effect diminished as gum concentration increased. flow of water, a solution of the comp ...	1982	16662533
evaluation of colour parameters and antioxidant activities of fruit wines.	the evaluation of oenological colorimetric indexes, cielab parameters, total phenols and antioxidant activities has been studied in different fruit wines made from black mulberry, blackberry, quince, apple, apricot, melon, red raspberry, bilberry, sour cherry and strawberry. the highest value of antioxidant activities and total phenolic contents were determined in bilberry, blackberry and black mulberry wines (61.80%, 1161 mg/l gallic acid equivalents; 60.00%, 1232 mg/l gallic acid equivalents; ...	2009	16849114
molecular characterization of three non-functional s-haplotypes in sour cherry (prunus cerasus).	tetraploid sour cherry (prunus cerasus) exhibits a genotype-dependent loss of gametophytic self-incompatibility that is caused by the accumulation of non-functional s-haplotypes with disrupted pistil component (stylar-s) and/or pollen component (pollen-s) function. genetic studies using diverse sour cherry germplasm identified non-functional s-haplotypes for which an equivalent wild-type s-haplotype was present in sweet cherry (prunus avium), a diploid progenitor of sour cherry. in all cases, th ...	2006	16915517
the mutated s1-haplotype in sour cherry has an altered s-haplotype-specific f-box protein gene.	gametophytic self-incompatibility (gsi) is an outcrossing mechanism in flowering plants that is genetically controlled by 2 separate genes located at the highly polymorphic s-locus, termed s-haplotype. this study characterizes a pollen part mutant of the s(1)-haplotype present in sour cherry (rosaceae, prunus cerasus l.) that contributes to the loss of gsi. inheritance of s-haplotypes from reciprocal interspecific crosses between the self-compatible sour cherry cultivar ujfehértói fürtös carryin ...	2006	16985081
total content of phenols and anthocyanins in edible fruits from bosnia.	content of total phenols and total anthocyanins was estimated in edible fruits from bosnia by photometric methods. cyanidin-3-galactoside chloride was used as a standard for determination of total anthocyanins, and galic acid served as a standard for determination of total phenols. total content of phenols was 12.7 mg/g in elderberry fruits, 10.4 mg/g in bilberry, 9.8 mg/g in blackberry, 8.8 mg/g in wild cherry, 6.1 mg/g in cultivated blackberry, 3.5 mg/g in cultivated strawberry, 2.4 mg/g in av ...	2007	17489745
mechanical transmission of a virus disease to cucumber from sour cherry.		1948	17783349
possible virus-induced genetic abnormalities in tree fruits.	seedlings of prunus avium and p. cerasus, grown from seed of infected trees, showed symptoms of cherry necrotic rusty mottle and sour cherry yellows diseases. no virus could be detected in the p. avium seedlings showing virus-like symptoms and only 10 percent of the 30 percent of p. cerasus seedlings showing symptoms contained virus. these results suggest that viruses may induce certain genetic abnormalities.	1962	17836540
a chimeric plum pox virus shows reduced spread and cannot compete with its parental wild-type viruses in a mixed infection.	the effect of a recombination event in the genomic 3' end on the biological properties and competitiveness of plum pox virus (ppv) was investigated. therefore, a fragment spanning the coat protein (cp) coding region and a part of the 3' non-translated region of a non-aphid-transmissible strain of ppv (ppv-nat) was replaced by the corresponding region of a ppv sour cherry isolate (ppv-soc). the resulting chimera (ppv-nat/soc) caused severe symptoms in nicotiana benthamiana, resembling those of pp ...	2007	17872539
hydrolysis of glycosidically bound volatiles from sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.).		2007	18018873
antioxidant properties of sour cherries (prunus cerasus l.): role of colorless phytochemicals from the methanolic extract of ripe fruits.	many edible plant metabolites are known to be useful as cellular antioxidants. in the search for antioxidative chemicals from native fruits of the campania region of italy, prunus cerasus l., an acidic cherry widely used for culinary purposes, has been studied. fruit crude extracts (meoh, etoac, and hexane) were submitted to an antioxidative screening using specific assay media characterized from the presence of highly reactive radical species (dpph, abts+, o2*-, no) or lipoperoxidation marker ...	2008	18303821
equivalent pore radii of hydrophilic foliar uptake routes in stomatous and astomatous leaf surfaces--further evidence for a stomatal pathway.	foliar uptake pathways for hydrophilic solutes were studied by the analysis of co-uptake of 15n-labelled urea, nh4+ or no3- and 13c-labelled sucrose across leaf surfaces of various plant species. uptake of n (y) and sucrose (x) were strongly correlated. curvilinear regression revealed significantly positive intercepts with the y-axis indicating the involvement of a sucrose-excluding pathway consisting of small pores with radii <0.5 nm. depending on plant species, n source, leaf side and aperture ...	2008	18334002
inactivation of penicillum expansum in sour cherry juice, peach and apricot nectars by pulsed electric fields.	inhibitory effects of pulsed electric fields (pef) on penicillum expansum inoculated into sour cherry juice, apricot and peach nectars were determined based on germination tube elongation, spore germination rate, and light and scanning electron microscopy (sem) observations in this study. after inoculation of juice/nectar samples with p. expansum spores at the level of 10(5)-10(6)cfu/ml, the samples were processed by bench scale pef pulse generator as a function of differing electric field stren ...	2008	18541164
genetic and molecular characterization of three novel s-haplotypes in sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.).	tetraploid sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) exhibits gametophytic self-incompatibility (gsi) whereby the specificity of self-pollen rejection is controlled by alleles of the stylar and pollen specificity genes, s-rnase and sfb (s haplotype-specific f-box protein gene), respectively. as sour cherry selections can be either self-compatible (sc) or self-incompatible (si), polyploidy per se does not result in sc. instead the genotype-dependent loss of si in sour cherry is due to the accumulation of n ...	2008	18617504
evaluation of the glycoside hydrolase activity of a brettanomyces strain on glycosides from sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) used in the production of special fruit beers.	the glycoside hydrolase activity of saccharomyces cerevisiae and brettanomyces custersii was examined on sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) glycosides with bound volatile compounds. refermentations by the beta-glucosidase-negative s. cerevisiae strains ld25 and ld40 of sour cherry juice-supplemented beer demonstrated only a moderate increase of volatiles. in contrast, the beta-glucosidase-positive b. custersii strain ld72 showed a more pronounced activity towards glycosides with aliphatic alcohols, ...	2008	18673394
influence of incubation-period humidity on the development of brown rot blossom blight of sour cherry.	abstract when detached sour cherry (prunus cerasus) blossoms were inoculated with conidia of monilinia fructicola and subjected to a standard 8-h wetting treatment at 20 degrees c, blossom blight incidence was proportional to relative humidity (rh) when rh was held constant during the subsequent 6-day incubation period (frequency = 1.0 at the maximum rh of 92%; frequency = 0.38 at the minimum rh of 57%). similarly, when a primary incubation period at 87% rh was followed by a secondary incubation ...	1997	18945152
urbanisation induces early flowering: evidence from platanus acerifolia and prunus cerasus.	the effect of towns on plant phenology, i.e. advancement of spring development compared with a rural environment, via the urban heat island (uhi) phenomenon, has been shown for many towns in many countries. this work combines experimental and observational methodology to provide a better and deeper view of climatic habitat in an urban context with a view to understanding the relationship between plant development and urban climate on the intra-urban scale (by taking into account town structure). ...	2009	19219464
influence of different drinks on the colour stability of dental resin composites.	the objective of this study was to evaluate the discolouration effects of artificial saliva, granule lemon juice, coffee (without sugar), coca cola, sour cherry juice, fresh carrot juice and red wine on resin-based composite materials that are commonly used in restorative dentistry.	2009	19262731
the study and analysis of the mating behavior and sound production of male cicada psalmocharias alhageos (kol.) (homoptera:cicadidae) to make disruption in mating.	psalmocharias alhageos is an important pest of vine in most parts of iran, afghanistan, pakistan, southern areas of russia, turkey and iraq. this cicada is spread in most provinces in iran such as esfahan, hamedan, qazvin, markazi, lorestan, qom, kerman, tehran and kordestan. in addition to vine, this insect damages some other fruit trees, such as apple, sour cherry, quince, peach, pomegranate and pear trees and some non-fruit trees, namely white poplar, ash, elm, eglantine, silk and black popla ...	2008	19266919
determination of antioxidant effects of some plant species wild growing in turkey.	in this study, the antioxidant activity of 50% aqueous methanol extracts of crataegus tanacetifolia (lam.) pers, crataegus bornmuelleri zaberi, crataegus orientalis pall. ex m.bieb. var. orientalis, crataegus szovitsii pojark, crataegus curvisepala lindm., crataegus monogyna jacq. subsp. monogyna, crataegus monogyna jacq.subsp. azarella (gris.) franco, crataegus micophylla c.koch, rosa foetida herrm., rosa hemisphaerica j.herrm., rosa pulverulenta m.bieb., rosa canina l., rubus discolor weihe & ...	2008	19382350
'kwanzan stunting' syndrome: detection and molecular characterization of an italian isolate of little cherry virus 1.	evident stunting was observed for the first time on prunus serrulata 'kwanzan' indicator trees in southern italy during the indexing of two sour cherry accessions from cultivars 'marasca di verona' and 'spanska'. bud break and shooting were delayed and the developing leaves remained small. during the third year many kwanzan plants died, regardless of the indexed cultivar. electrophoretic analysis showed the presence of dsrna pattern in extracts of stunted kwanzan with a similar size to that of v ...	2009	19463722
characterization of cell wall polysaccharides of cherry (prunus cerasus var. schattenmorelle) fruit and pomace.	the polysaccharide composition of cell wall of sour cherry (prunus cerasus var. schattenmorelle) fruit and pomace was investigated. furthermore, the alcohol insoluble solids composition of 'kelleriis' and 'dobreczyn botermo' varieties were studied too. yield of alcohol insoluble solids for fruits was lower than 10%, and for pomaces circa 50%. uronic acid was the main pectin component of alcohol insoluble solids. enzymes used as juice processing aids decreased the content of uronic acid. araban a ...	2009	19757068
improved antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential in mice consuming sour cherry juice (prunus cerasus cv. maraska).	the present investigation tested the in vivo antioxidant efficacy (superoxide dismutase, sod; catalase, cat; glutathione peroxidase; gpx), lipid peroxidation (lpo) and anti-inflammatory properties (cyclooxygenase-2; cox-2) of sour cherry juices obtained from an autochthonous cultivar (prunus cerasus cv. maraska) that is grown in coastal parts of croatia. antioxidant potential was tested in mouse tissue (blood, liver, and brain), lpo (liver, brain) and anti-inflammatory properties in glycogen eli ...	2009	19763832
curative activity of insecticides against plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae) in tart cherries.	tart cherry, prunus cerasus l. variety montmorency, fruit were infested with plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), and treated with insecticides to target late instars, neonates, and eggs. the organophosphates azinphos-methyl and phosmet and the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam reduced larval emergence rates by >90% for all life stage targets; after >30 d, few surviving larvae were found inside fruit. acetamiprid and thiacloprid also had curative activity and yiel ...	2009	19886451
molecular and genetic analyses of four nonfunctional s haplotype variants derived from a common ancestral s haplotype identified in sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.).	tetraploid sour cherry (prunus cerasus) has an s-rnase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility (gsi) system; however, individuals can be either self-incompatible (si) or self-compatible (sc). unlike the situation in the solanaceae, where self-compatibility accompanying polyploidization is often due to the compatibility of heteroallelic pollen, the genotype-dependent loss of si in sour cherry is due to the compatibility of pollen containing two nonfunctional s haplotypes. sour cherry individuals ...	2010	19917768
isolation and analysis of bioactive constituents of sour cherry (prunus cerasus) seed kernel: an emerging functional food.	a plant-based diet reduces the risk for the development of several chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease or cancer due to natural compounds found in plants. numerous cereals, berries, fruits, and vegetables, including sour cherry (prunus cerasus), which is a favored fruit worldwide, contain biological active components. the antioxidant components of the sour cherry seed kernel have not been investigated until now. the aim of our study was to isolate and analyze the bioactive constitue ...	0	20482278
fruits and vegetables protect against the genotoxicity of heterocyclic aromatic amines activated by human xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes expressed in immortal mammalian cells.	heterocyclic aromatic amines (haas) can be formed during the cooking of meat and fish at elevated temperatures and are associated with an increased risk for cancer. on the other hand, epidemiological findings suggest that foods rich in fruits and vegetables can protect against cancer. in the present study three teas, two wines, and the juices of 15 fruits and 11 vegetables were investigated for their protective effect against the genotoxic effects of 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq) ...	2010	20713174
antioxidative and antiviral properties of flowering cherry fruits (prunus serrulata l. var. spontanea).	the phenolic compounds of many fruits have been known to be efficient cellular protective antioxidants. in this study, antioxidative and antiviral properties of flowering cherry cultivars (prunus yedoensis, prunus sargentii, prunus lannesiana, and prunus cerasus) in korea were investigated. the antioxidant property was assayed for specific activities including 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (dpph) hydroxy radical scavenging activity, reducing power capacity, and superoxide dismutase (sod) like ac ...	2010	20821824
plum curculio (coleoptera: curculionidae) adult mortality and associated fruit injury after exposure to field-aged insecticides on tart cherry branches.	plum curculio, conotrachelus nenuphar (herbst) (coleoptera: curculionidae), adults were exposed to field-aged residues of thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, indoxacarb, or azinphos-methyl on tart cherry, prunus cerasus l. variety montmorency. at 1, 3, 7, and 14 d postapplication, fruit were sampled for chemical residues, and bioassays were used to assess beetle mortality and plant tissue injury. azinphos-methyl had lethal activity within 1 d of exposure at all postapplication intervals and ...	2010	20857728
characterization of three-dimensional spatial aggregation and association patterns of brown rot symptoms within intensively mapped sour cherry trees.	background and aims characterization of spatial patterns of plant disease can provide insights into important epidemiological processes such as sources of inoculum, mechanisms of dissemination, and reproductive strategies of the pathogen population. whilst two-dimensional patterns of disease (among plants within fields) have been studied extensively, there is limited information on three-dimensional patterns within individual plant canopies. reported here are the detailed mapping of different sy ...	2011	21335328
direct photothermal techniques for rapid quantification of total anthocyanin content in sour cherry cultivars.	the analytical performance of the newly proposed laser-based photoacoustic spectroscopy (pas) and of optothermal window (ow) method for quantification of total anthocyanin concentration (tac) in five sour cherry varieties is compared to that of the spectrophotometry (sp). high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) was used to identify and quantify specific anthocyanins. both, pas and ow are direct methods that unlike sp and hplc obviate the need for the extraction of analyte. the outcome of t ...	2011	21376955
melatonin promotes adventitious root regeneration in in vitro shoot tip explants of the commercial sweet cherry rootstocks cab-6p (prunus cerasus l.), gisela 6 (p. cerasus × p. canescens), and mxm 60 (p. avium × p. mahaleb).	the objectives of this study were to test the effects of melatonin (n-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), a natural compound of edible plants on the rooting of certain commercial sweet cherry rootstocks. shoot tip explants from previous in vitro cultures of the cherry rootstocks cab-6p (prunus cerasus l.), gisela 6 (p. cerasus × p. canescens), and m × m 60 (p. avium × p. mahaleb) were included in the experiment. the effect of indole-3-acetic acid (iaa) and indole-3-butyric acid (iba) alone or in combin ...	2012	21749439
evaluation of systemic and dermal toxicity and dermal photoprotection by sour cherry kernels.	the present report describes outcomes of animal studies conducted to determine the systemic and dermal toxicity of prunus cerasus (sour cherry) seed kernel contents; and a separate evaluation of the photoprotective capacity of the kernel oil fraction. b6 mice and hartley guinea-pigs were used for these experiments. dosage groups of 6-8 animals were administered whole kernel meal in a dose range of 0-3000?mg/kg by gavage for 8?days, following which they were killed. the liver and kidney weights w ...	2011	21751269
quality of sour cherry juice of different clones and cultivars (prunus cerasus l.) determined by a combined sensory and nmr spectroscopic approach.	juice was manufactured from seven different sour cherry clones/cultivars and evaluated by quantitative descriptive sensory analysis and (1)h nmr spectroscopy. the sensory evaluation showed a large variation in several sensory attributes between the sour cherry clones/cultivars, which could be divided into two groups on the basis of both the sensory data and the nmr spectroscopic data. these groups were closely related to the genetic background of the clones. kelleris clones were distinctly diffe ...	2011	21981716
effect of tart cherry juice (prunus cerasus) on melatonin levels and enhanced sleep quality.	tart montmorency cherries have been reported to contain high levels of phytochemicals including melatonin, a molecule critical in regulating the sleep-wake cycle in humans.	2012	22038497
role of haeme oxygenase-1 in resolution of oxidative stress-related pathologies: focus on cardiovascular, lung, neurological and kidney disorders.	the present review examines the role of the cytoprotective enzyme haeme oxygenase-1 (ho-1) in adaptive responses to inflammatory disease and explores strategies for its clinical use, with particular emphasis on use of therapeutic use of the enzyme using phytochemical inducers of ho-1 such as extracts of ginkgo biloba, curcumin, and flavonoids extracted from seeds of the sour cherry (prunus cerasus). this laboratory has identified strategies by which combinations of dietary phytochemicals may be ...	2012	22118298
differences in body size and egg loads of rhagoletis indifferens (diptera: tephritidae) from introduced and native cherries.	the western cherry fruit fly, rhagoletis indifferens curran, infests introduced, domesticated sweet [prunus avium (l.) l.], and tart cherries (prunus cerasus l.) as well as native bitter cherry, prunus emarginata (douglas) eaton. bitter cherries are smaller than sweet and tart cherries and this could affect various life history traits of flies. the objectives of the current study were to determine 1) if body size and egg loads of flies infesting sweet, tart, and bitter cherries differ from one a ...	2011	22217749
bioactivity of sour cherry cultivars grown in denmark.	thirty four varieties of sour cherries (prunus cerasus) were investigated for their total antioxidant activity, caco-2 cancer cell proliferation inhibitory activity and effect on prostaglandin e2 (pge2) production. total phenolic content, oxygen radical absorbance capacity (orac) and cancer cell proliferation inhibitory activity of sour cherries were closely correlated but not pge2 production. the cultivars 'birgitte × böttermö', 'fanal' and 'tiki' were the three cultivars with the highest orac ...	2012	22294298
immunomodulatory studies of a bioactive fraction from the fruit of prunus cerasus in balb/c mice.	in order to evaluate the role of ethyl acetate fraction (pnrs-etoac) obtained from the prunus cerasus fruit in the modulation of immune responses, detailed studies were carried out using a panel of in vivo assays. oral administration of pnrs-etoac (25-100 mg/kg) stimulated the igm and igg titre expressed in the form of hemagglutination antibody (ha) titre. further, it elicited a dose related increase in the delayed type hypersensitivity reaction (dth) after 24 and 48 h in balb/c mice. besides au ...	2012	22366406
characterization of a β-glucosidase with transgalactosylation capacity from the zygomycete rhizomucor miehei.	an extracellular β-glucosidase from the zygomycete rhizomucor miehei nrrl 5282 cultivated in a wheat bran-based solid state fermentation system was characterized. the purified enzyme exhibited an optimum temperature of 68-70 °c and ph of 5.0. it efficiently hydrolyzed oligosaccharides having β-(1→4) glycosidic linkages and exhibited some β- and α-galactosidase activity. the v(max) for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside and cellobiose was 468.2 and 115.5 u/mg, respectively, while the k(m) was 0.12 ...	2012	22444635
effects of cherry leaf spot on photosynthesis in tart cherry 'montmorency' foliage.	results described here span a total of three field seasons and quantitatively depict the effects of an economically important fungal pathogen (blumeriella jaapii) on tart cherry (prunus cerasus 'montmorency') leaf physiology. for the first time, leaf photosynthesis, stomatal conductance (g(s)), maximum ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylation rate (v(cmax)), and maximum electron transport (j(max)) were measured as functions of visible cherry leaf spot disease (cls) severity. defined as the propor ...	2012	22667445
inhibitory effects of tart cherry (prunus cerasus) juice on xanthine oxidoreductase activity and its hypouricemic and antioxidant effects on rats.	the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tart cherry juice on serum uric acid levels, hepatic xanthine oxidoreductase activity and two non-invasive biomarkers of oxidative stress (total antioxidant capacity and malondialdehyde concentration), in normal and hyperuricemic rats. tart cherry juice (5 ml/kg) was given by oral gavage to rats for 2 weeks. allopurinol (5 mg/kg) was used as a positive control and was also given by oral gavage. data showed that tart cherry juice treatment di ...	2009	22691805
development and cross-species/genera transferability of microsatellite markers discovered using 454 genome sequencing in chokecherry (prunus virginiana l.).	chokecherry (prunus virginiana l.) (2n = 4x = 32) is a unique prunus species for both genetics and disease-resistance research due to its tetraploid nature and x-disease resistance. however, no genetic and genomic information on chokecherry is available. a partial chokecherry genome was sequenced using roche 454 sequencing technology. a total of 145,094 reads covering 4.8 mbp of the chokecherry genome were generated and 15,113 contigs were assembled, of which 11,675 contigs were larger than 100 ...	2012	22837059
sour cherry seed kernel extract increases heme oxygenase-1 expression and decreases representation of cd3+ tnf-α+ and cd3+il-8+ subpopulations in peripheral blood leukocyte cultures from type 2 diabetes patients.	the present study evaluates a hypothesis that sour cherry (prunus cerasus) seed extracts (sce) modulate cd3+ t lymphocyte activity in ways predictive of potential for uses of sce in management of inflammatory diseases. peripheral blood mononuclear cells (pbmc) from 12 type 2 diabetes (t2dm) patients and eight healthy control subjects were cultured 24 h with 100 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide (lps) to increase inflammatory signaling and co-incubated with 0.5-100 µg/ml sce. cultures were evaluated by tw ...	2013	22848037
antioxidant capacity and anthocyanin profile of sour cherry (prunus cerasus l.) juice.	the antioxidant capacities, total polyphenolic content and monomeric anthocyanin content of eleven types of sour cherry juice obtained from different varieties of sour cherries were investigated. antioxidant capacity, total polyphenolic content and monomeric anthocyanin contents of the juices were within the ranges 20.0-37.9 mmol/l, 1510-2550 and 350.0-633.5mg/l, respectively. the main anthocyanin compound in sour cherry juice was cyanidin-3-glucosylrutinoside at concentrations between 140.3 and ...	2012	22980889
optimization of frozen sour cherries vacuum drying process.	the objective of this research was to optimize the vacuum-drying of frozen sour cherries in order to preserve health-beneficial phytochemicals, as well as textural characteristics. investigated range of temperature was 46-74°c and, of pressure, 17-583mbar, in a new design of vacuum-dryer equipment. the total solids, a(w) value, total phenolics, vitamin c, antioxidant activity, anthocyanin content, total colour change and firmness were used as quality indicators of dried sour cherry. within the e ...	2013	23017392