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Assessing the Relationship Between the Phenolic Content and Elemental Composition of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Stems

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There is a growing interest in the application of grape stems as source of nutrients and bioactive compounds, for its use in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries. The main goal of this study was to determine the content of essential minerals, toxic metals and phenolic compounds present in grape stems, not only to understand if this by-product can be applied in the development of new products as a source of mineral nutrients, but also to understand the possibility of existing a relationship between all these parameters. The results demonstrated that this by-product presented a high content of essential minerals, being the most abundant Na, Mg, Ca, and K, ranging from 0.65, 1.34, and 1.41 to 24.45 g/kg DW, respectively, on average, as well as phenolic contents ranging from 30.91 ± 0.73 to 96.12 ± 8.14 mg GAE/g DW. In fact, stems are richer in phenolic compounds and minerals, in some cases higher than some food matrices consumed in our diet, whereby this by-product can be a good bet in the production of value added products. Furthermore, the principal component analysis showed a relationship between some elements (NI, Na, Al, As, Cd, and Pb) and the higher/lowest concentration of phenolics.

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This work was supported by National Funds by FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UIDB/04033/2020, and the I&D project Interact—Integrative Research in Environment, Agro-Chains and Technology (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000017), regarding the research line “Fostering viticulture sustainability for Douro Valley: multidisciplinary efforts from field to wine (VitalityWINE)”, and the research line “Innovation for Sustainable Agro-food Chains (ISAC)” co-founded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through NORTE-2020 (Programa Operacional Regional do Norte 2014/2020) and and FEDER-Interreg España-Portugal programme for financial support through the project 0377_Iberphenol_6_E. We also acknowledge Eng. Manuel Henriques from Rozés for the samples provided.

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Leal, C., Costa, C.M., Barros, A.I.R.N.A. et al. Assessing the Relationship Between the Phenolic Content and Elemental Composition of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Stems. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 1313–1325 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01090-6

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