Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(6):381-386 | DOI: 10.17221/109/2025-PSE

Content of polyphenols and carotenoids in edible potato tubers with colored fleshOriginal Paper

Krystyna Zarzecka¹, Katarzyna Rymuza¹

¹ Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Siedlce, Siedlce, Poland

Polyphenols and carotenoids are important bioactive compounds in potato tuber. Knowledge of these features makes it possible to select cultivars for cultivation, consumption, and processing with desirable properties. For this purpose, the content of polyphenols and carotenoids in edible potato tubers from different countries was analysed. The research material consisted of eight cultivars, including one light yellow – Eurostar, two with red flesh – Rote Emmalie and Herbie 26 and five cultivars with purple flesh – Provita, Salad Blue, Blue Annelise, Vitelotte Noire and Bora Valley. They were cultivated in a three-year, single-factor field experiment. The content of polyphenols in the analysed cultivars ranged from 165.0 to 283.8 mg/kg of fresh weight and depended on the cultivar, year of research and cultivar-year interactions. The highest average amounts of these compounds were noted in the Herbie 26, Rote Emmalie and Vitelotte Noire cultivars. The content of carotenoids ranged from 1.122 to 3.173 mg/kg of fresh weight and depended significantly on the cultivar, weather conditions in the years of the study and the interaction of cultivars with years. The highest amounts of carotenoids were determined in the purple-fleshed cultivars Blaue Annelise and Vitelotte Noire and the red-fleshed cultivar Rote Emmalie.

Keywords: Solanum tuberosum L.; nutrition; red and purple tuber flesh; bioactive substances

Received: March 13, 2025; Revised: May 27, 2025; Accepted: May 28, 2025; Prepublished online: May 28, 2025; Published: June 25, 2025  Show citation