Peaches

This research looks to find superior varieties of peaches for human health.

We have focussed on Blackboy peach varieties in New Zealand because of their distinctive red flesh and dark skin, both colourings being indicators of high levels of compounds in the variety. Blackboy Peaches are a New Zealand heirloom peach variety with dark port wine skin and blood red flesh. Similar red fleshed peach varieties exist around the world such as pêche de vigne, or the blood peach.

Blackboy Peaches

Blackboy peaches can contain very high levels of chlorogenic acid (5-CQA) and quercetin glycosides; Q-glu (quercetin-3-glucoside) and Q-gal (quercetin-3-galactoside).

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