Juice analysis in citrus: Latest developments

Abstract

Citrus juices are very complex matrices, and a fast-growing number of compounds are currently being detected and identified, owing mostly to the steady advancements in analytical techniques and instrumental facilities. The aim of this chapter is to provide a survey of recent developments in the area of Citrus fruits analysis, with a special attention to those chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques employed in the identification, structural elucidation, and quantification of phenolics. In addition, an update is presented on latest developments in gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, FTIR, and RAMAN as tools to gain insight in the composition of these food matrices.