Abstract
Methods have been developed to extract and chroniatograph phenolic constituents of Mains sylvestris and Pyrus communis fruits. Differences in the occurrence of flavonoid compounds between the two fruits and between pulp and peel in a given fruit were compared; the flavonol glycosides most conveniently demonstrated the differences. Five major and three minor flavonol glycosides from Stayman apples and two major and two minor ones from Packingham pears were separated by thin layer chromatograpliy. All of the major and some of the minor compounds were also described by ultraviolet absorbance spectra. Studies show that fruits can be distinguished on the basis of chromatographic patterns of the flavonol glycosides and that the results can be confirmed by their ultraviolet absorbance spectra