Physico-chemical Properties, Mineral Matter, Organic Acid, Amino Acid, and\rPlant Hormones Content of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum L.) Grown in Turkey

With high nutritional value, goji berry is an important fruit for human nutrition and health. Goji\rberry cultivation is done widely in many countries, farming has become widespread in recent years\rin Turkey. In study grown goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) in Turkey are determined the physical\rand chemical characteristics of fruit (pH, titration acidity, dry matter content, ash content, water\ractivity (aw) value, protein content, HMF content, total phenolic content, total sugar content,\rreducing sugar content, sucrose content, colour values, mineral contents, organic acid contents,\ramino acid contents and some plant hormone content). Goji berry fruits have pH value 5.18, titration\racidity value 2.16%, dry matter content 89.40%, ash content 4.30%, water activity (aw) value 0.35,\rprotein content 13.18%, HMF content 9.38 mg/kg, total phenolic content 9.05 mg GAE/g, total\rsugar content 59.26%, decreasing sugar content 57.35%, sucrose content 1.90%, L* value 40.33, a*\rvalue 22.97, b* value 33.00, C* value 40.21, H° value 55.15. In addition, the mineral content, organic\racid content, amino acid content and some plant hormones of goji berry fruits were determined by\ranalysis