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The aim of the study was the determination of the ripening-related changes in the triterpenoid content of fruit cuticular waxes of three plant species from the Rosaceae family, including rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa var. \u201cGalicjanka\u201d) and apple (Malus domestica var. \u201cAntonovka\u201d). The triterpenoid and steroid content in chloroform-soluble cuticular waxes was determined by a GC-MS\/FID method at four different phenological stages. The profile of identified compounds was rather similar in selected fruit samples with triterpenoids with ursane-, oleanane- and lupane-type carbon skeletons, prevalence of ursolic acid and the composition of steroids. Increasing accumulation of triterpenoids and steroids, as well as the progressive enrichment of the composition of these compounds in cuticular wax during fruit development, was observed. The changes in triterpenoid content resulted from modifications of metabolic pathways, particularly hydroxylation and esterification, that can alter interactions with complementary functional groups of aliphatic constituents and lead to important changes in fruit surface quality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms21249762","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,21]],"date-time":"2020-12-21T09:41:41Z","timestamp":1608543701000},"page":"9762","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Variations in Triterpenoid Deposition in Cuticular Waxes during Development and Maturation of Selected Fruits of Rosaceae Family"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5262-1090","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soyol","family":"Dashbaldan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland"},{"name":"Mongolian University of Science and Technology, School of Industrial Technology, 8nd khoroo, Baga toiruu 34, Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar 14191, Mongolia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8405-3112","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cezary","family":"P\u0105czkowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6963-0666","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Szakiel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S170","DOI":"10.1105\/tpc.019158","article-title":"Genetic regulation of fruit development and ripening","volume":"16","author":"Giovannoni","year":"2004","journal-title":"Plant Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1380","DOI":"10.1104\/pp.106.088534","article-title":"Integrated analysis of metabolite and transcript levels reveals the metabolic shifts that underlie tomato fruit development and highlight regulatory aspects of metabolic network behavior","volume":"142","author":"Carrari","year":"2006","journal-title":"Plant Physiol."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1696","DOI":"10.1104\/pp.111.186064","article-title":"Metabolic profiling during peach fruit development and ripening reveals the metabolic networks that underpin each developmental stage","volume":"157","author":"Lombardo","year":"2011","journal-title":"Plant Physiol."},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"431","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2019.00431","article-title":"Development and environmental regulation of cuticular wax biosynthesis in fleshy fruits","volume":"10","author":"Trivedi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Front. 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