Postharvest treatment of seedless white table grapes (var. 'Superior') with different gas ozoneconcentrations (3.88
and 1.67 g/h) for 1, 3,
and 5 h induced an increase in stilbenoid biosynthesis[
trans-resveratrol, piceatannol,
and viniferinas (resveratrol dehydrodimers
and dehydrotrimers)] duringstorage at 22
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
C
and 95% relative humidity. The maximal resveratrol concentration was reachedafter 2 days of storage,
and this amount was similar to that induced by optimized UV-C treatments(1 min, 510 W, 40 cm). Although similar resveratrol concentrations accumulated in grapes after bothUV-C
and O
3 treatments (maximum ozone production
and time), the ozone treatment was moreefficient in inducing viniferins accumulation in grape berries. A sequence in the biosynthesis ofstilbenoids was observed, starting with the resveratrol monomer, continuing with the resveratroldehydrodimers
![](/images/gifchars/epsilon.gif)
-viniferin
and ![](/images/gifchars/delta.gif)
-viniferin,
and ending with four different resveratrol dehydrotrimers.These trimers were different from
![](/images/gifchars/alpha.gif)
-viniferin, a trimer previously reported to be induced in grapesafter biotic
and abiotic stresses. Two
![](/images/gifchars/alpha.gif)
-viniferin isomers were also detected in the ozone-treatedgrapes, although at very low concentrations that prevented their quantification.Keywords: Table grapes; postharvest; ozone; resveratrol; stilbenoids; viniferins; dehydrodimers;dehydrotrimers; UV-C