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Ribes rubrum L. - Grossulariaceae - redcurrant, Rote Johannisbeere

Deciduous shrub, up to 1.5m high, native to Europe, northern Asia, cultivated and naturalized throughout Europe; leaves 3-5 lobed, broadly ovate-triangular, margin serrate; racemes erect then nodding, 5-15-flowered, flower calyx greenish or greenish brown, petals purplish; fruit red, globose.
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„With maturity, the tart flavour of redcurrant fruit is slightly greater than its blackcurrant relative, but with the same approximate sweetness. The albino variant of redcurrant, often referred to as white currant, has the same tart flavour but with greater sweetness. Although frequently cultivated for jams and cooked preparations, much like the white currant, it is often served raw or as a simple accompaniment in salads, garnishes, or drinks when in season… In German-speaking areas, syrup or nectar derived from the red currant is added to soda water and enjoyed as a refreshing drink named Johannisbeerschorle. It is so named because the redcurrants (Johannisbeeren, „John's berry“ in German) are said to ripen first on St. John's Day, also known as Midsummer Day, June 24.“
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„Application of chromatographic separation and taste dilution analyses recently revealed, besides a series of flavon-3-ol glycosides and (E)/(Z)-aconitic acid, four nitrogen-containing phytochemicals as the key astringent and mouth-drying compounds in red currants (Ribes rubrum). The isolation and structure determination of the astringent indoles 3-carboxymethyl-indole-1-N-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) and 3-methylcarboxymethyl-indole-1-N-β-d-glucopyranoside (2), as well as the astringent, noncyanogenic nitriles 2-(4-hydroxybenzoyloxymethyl)-4-β-d-glucopyranosyloxy-2(E)-butenenitrile (3) and 2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoyloxymethyl)-4-β-d-glucopyranosyloxy-2(E)-butenenitrile (4) by means of 1D/2D NMR, LC-MS/MS, and UV−vis spectroscopy are reported. The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were confirmed by synthesis. Using the recently developed half-tongue test, human recognition thresholds for the astringent and mouth-drying nitrogen compounds were determined to be between 0.0003 and 5.9 μmol/L (water). In particular, the extraordinarily low threshold of 0.0003 μmol/L evaluated for the indole 1 represents the lowest recognition threshold of any astringent phytochemical reported to date.“
[Isolation, structure determination, and sensory activity of mouth-drying and astringent nitrogen-containing phytochemicals isolated from red currants (Ribes rubrum)., Schwarz, B., Hofmann, T., Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Vol.55(4), 2007, 1405-1410]

Main volatile compounds of fresh juice of R.rubrum are C6 alcohols, notably (E)-hex-2-en-1-ol, followed by hexanol and (Z)-hex-3-en-1-ol. The aldehydes (E)-hex-2-enal and (Z)-hex-3-enal are present in small amounts (< 10 μg/L).
[Kapillargaschromatographische und sensorische Untersuchungen flüchtiger Verbindungen in Stachelbeeren (Ribes uva crispa L.) und Jostabeeren (Ribes x nidigrolaria Bauer)., Schrade, K.S., Doctoral dissertation, München, Technische Universität München, Diss., 2014] http://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1183254/document.pdf

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