Developmental changes of seven sugars and six organic acids in
the flesh of wolfberry were determined. The results suggest that
wolfberry fruit was rich in total sugars and fructose, but glucose
was most abundant in fully ripe fruit. Citric acid was the major
organic acid during fruit development. According to literature, fully
ripe fruit has high total sugar content, a high ratio of total sugars/
total organic acids and a moderate content of LBP, which results in
good quality (i.e., morphological characteristics and sweetness
index). The experiments showed that LBP content was closely correlated
with total sugar and fructose contents. Our findings will
provide useful information for improving the flavour quality and
especially for nutritional quality of wolfberry fruit via enhancing
content of LBP