Vitis vinifera Red Globe grape: In natura investigations on skin pigmentation using phase-resolved photoacoustic and TDDFT methods

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In this work we aimed to investigate the source of the Red Globe grape skin pigmentation. To achieve this goal, we used the phase-resolved photoacoustic technique to investigate the sample in natura and to access the phase-dependent absorbing entities. In addition, we used the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) to contrast with our experimental spectroscopic results. We measured the absorption spectrum of the Red Globe grape in natura using the photoacoustic technique and recovered the main source pigmentation spectrum using the phase-resolved technique. Finally, using the TDDFT, we qualitatively analyzed the physical sources of the grape pigmentation and we found significant evidence that the main biomolecules responsible for the coloration of the grape are the cyanidin-3-O-glucoside and the peonidin-3-O-glucoside.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122761
JournalSpectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume298
Number of pages7
ISSN1386-1425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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    Research areas

  • Phase-Resolved photoacoustic spectroscopy, Time-dependent density functional theory, Vitis vinifera Red Globe grape

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