Article
Agronomy
Mingyi Yang, Zisheng Luo, Sunan Gao, Tarun Belwal, Lei Wang, Ming Qi, Zhaojun Ban, Bin Wu, Fengzhong Wang, Li Li
Summary: This study investigated the compositional, morphological and functional features of cuticular wax in grape berries, and found that the removal of epicuticular wax can affect the quality of grapes. This provides a theoretical basis for further application of fruit wax.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yan Li, Jie Liu, Jie Li, Haijing Xiao, Yiyun Xu, Siqing Fan, Zhaoqi Xie, Min Guo, Jiaxin Yang, Xue Jing, Chunsong Cheng
Summary: This study analyzed the differences in wax composition of Citrus aurantium L. fruit collected from different regions, and found that the growing location has an impact on the quality of the fruit. The GC-MS-based wax analysis proved to be a rapid method for evaluating the quality of medicinal fruits.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Bo Jiang, Ruiling Liu, Xiangjun Fang, Chuan Tong, Hangjun Chen, Haiyan Gao
Summary: Salicylic acid can delay the deterioration of blueberry fruit quality, enhance its resistance to disease, and affect the composition of cuticular wax. There was no significant difference in the structure of epicuticular wax between salicylic acid-treated fruits and the control group.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Peng Wang, Junjie Wang, Huaiyu Zhang, Cong Wang, Lunaike Zhao, Ting Huang, Ken Qing
Summary: This study investigated the cuticular wax of six goji berry cultivars, revealing that fatty acids, alkanes, and primary alcohols are major components related to the formation of irregular lamellar crystal structures. The terpenoid compounds in goji berries' cuticular wax showed high resistance to Alternaria rot. Genes such as CER1, CER6, LACS1, MAH1, LTP4, ABC11, MYB96, and WIN1 were found to be closely related to wax synthesis in goji berries.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yue Wang, Huijuan Mao, Yunhao Lv, Guogang Chen, Ying Jiang
Summary: The study shows that high humidity conditions can maintain the content and structure of cuticular wax in Korla pear, which is beneficial for regulating fruit quality and delaying fruit ripening and aging. Cuticular wax plays a crucial role in maintaining fruit moisture, cell wall integrity, and delaying senescence.
Article
Agronomy
Zhenrui Zhao, Mei Tian, Peng Zeng, Michael J. Christensen, Mingzhu Kou, Zhibiao Nan, Xingxu Zhang
Summary: This study identified the significant impact of the mutualistic fungus Epichloe gansuensis on the composition and biosynthesis of leaf cuticular wax in Achnatherum inebrians plants, with corresponding gene expression changes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shaba Noore, G. Ramesh, S. Ezhil Vendan, V. D. Nagaraju
Summary: This study examined the persistence and diffusion behavior of chlorpyrifos pesticide in five different species of vegetables, finding that the diffusion of chlorpyrifos is specific to vegetable species and highly variable between them.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Qi Kong, Ruiling Liu, Weijie Wu, Xiangjun Fang, Hangjun Chen, Yanchao Han, Jianye Chen
Summary: Cuticular wax, including oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA), plays a crucial role in preventing water loss and softening of blueberries during postharvest storage. The content of UA in blueberries was negatively correlated with weight loss during storage, and exogenous UA treatment significantly reduced water migration in blueberries.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Xin Lin, Shian Huang, Donald J. J. Huber, Qin Zhang, Xuan Wan, Junsen Peng, Dengcan Luo, Xiaoqing Dong, Shouliang Zhu
Summary: This paper investigates the effect of melatonin treatment on cuticular wax and the storage quality of plum fruit. The results show that melatonin promotes the disintegration and thickening of wax crystals, maintains fruit firmness, and enhances the correlation between firmness and wax composition.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hanyu Chen, Xi Wang, Zhixiang Pan
Summary: This study aims to bridge the gap in the knowledge concerning the nanostructure characteristics of soot primary particles in diesel and light hydrocarbon PCCI engines. The results show that light hydrocarbon emissions have higher volatile matter content, smaller particle size, and more open structure compared to conventional diesel emissions. Fractal dimensions, separation distance, and particle diameter in light hydrocarbon PCCI engine are also different from those in conventional diesel engine.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Bo Jiang, Ruiling Liu, Xiangjun Fang, Weijie Wu, Yanchao Han, Hangjun Chen, Feng Xu, Haiyan Gao
Summary: Infection of Botrytis cinerea conidia aggravates weight loss and softening of blueberry fruit. It also affects the morphology and composition of cuticular wax, as well as the expression levels of related genes. The pathogen disrupts the cuticular wax layer, stimulates fruit defense enzymes, and delays down-regulation of wax genes.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ioannis N. Pasias, Dimitris D. Ntakoulas, Kalomoira Raptopoulou, Chrysavgi Gardeli, Charalampos Proestos
Summary: The study identified major compounds in essential oils obtained from different plant species cultivated in Greece, showing strong antimicrobial properties against Staphylococcus aureus. However, high levels of certain compounds may pose a danger to sensitive populations due to allergic reactions. Overall, the essential oils contained high phenolic content and could potentially be used as food preservatives.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Priyanka Trivedi, Nga Nguyen, Linards Klavins, Jorens Kviesis, Esa Heinonen, Janne Remes, Soile Jokipii-Lukkari, Maris Klavins, Katja Karppinen, Laura Jaakola, Hely Haggman
Summary: The study found that the glossy type bilberry fruit had a higher proportion of triterpenoids in the cuticular wax, lower proportion of fatty acids and ketones, and lower density of crystalloid structures on the berry surface.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zhenbiao Li, Jing Huang, Hangjun Chen, Mingyi Yang, Dong Li, Yanqun Xu, Li Li, Jianye Chen, Bin Wu, Zisheng Luo
Summary: This study investigated the effects of simulated transport vibration (STV) on berry quality and cuticular wax and the ability of SO2 to ameliorate STV damage in table grapes during cold storage. The results showed that STV damage accelerated grape quality deterioration, resulting in degradation and melting of cuticular wax. However, SO2 effectively reversed the adverse impact of STV damage by increasing most wax fractions levels and corresponding genes expression. Overall, SO2 delayed the quality deterioration caused by vibration damage during transportation and storage by altering cuticular wax composition.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Juliana C. S. Carvalho, Annelise Fraza, Lucia G. Lohmann, Marcelo J. P. Ferreira
Summary: Tanaecium Sw. emend L.G. Lohmann is a genus of Neotropical lianas with 21 species distributed from Mexico through Argentina. The chemical composition of leaf cuticular waxes includes n-alkanes, fatty acids, primary alcohols, terpenoids, and steroids, with n-alkanes C-29, C-31, and C-33 as major constituents. Multivariate analysis can distinguish members of Tanaecium and Fridericia based on surface compounds.
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Ying Hou, Hui Ren, Kaikai Wang, Shifeng Cao, Yonghua Zheng, Yingying Wei, Xingfeng Shao, Hongfei Wang, Feng Xu
Summary: The study indicated that fresh-cut procedure can enhance the accumulation of GABA in carrots by activating the GABA shunt and polyamines degradation pathway. Furthermore, the organoleptic quality of carrots was not significantly affected by fresh-cut processing.
JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jingyi Liang, Fan Guo, Shifeng Cao, Ke Zhao, KeXin Zhao, Hongfei Wang, Xingfeng Shao, Yingying Wei, Chundan Zhang, Yonghua Zheng, Feng Xu
Summary: This study investigated the regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on plant anti-oxygenation and programmed cell death (PCD) in fresh-cut pumpkins. The results showed that exogenous GABA positively promoted GABA accumulation and alleviated oxidant damage in pumpkins tissue. GABA treatment also delayed DNA degradation, cytochrome c release, and cell apoptosis in pumpkin cells. On the other hand, the inhibitor of GABA generation, 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3-MP), accelerated oxidant damage and induced cell death in the pumpkins.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Fan Guo, Airu Han, Haiyan Gao, Jingyi Liang, Ke Zhao, Shifeng Cao, Hongfei Wang, Yingying Wei, Xingfeng Shao, Feng Xu
Summary: Mannose treatment effectively inhibited chlorophyll degradation and programmed cell death in broccoli florets stored at 20 degrees Celsius, delaying senescence in broccoli florets.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaoxia Zuo, Shifeng Cao, Nana Ji, Yanfei Li, JingLin Zhang, Peng Jin, Yonghua Zheng
Summary: High humidity storage enhances chilling tolerance in zucchini fruit by maintaining high levels of soluble sugars and inhibiting ethanol production.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiang Xiao, Minjie Yang, Wanqi Dong, Chujiang Zhou, Liyu Shi, Wei Chen, Shifeng Cao, Zhenfeng Yang, Saisai Li
Summary: The study found that gibberellic acid treatment can delay senescence and chlorophyll degradation in postharvest okras, and can negatively regulate genes and transcription factors involved in chlorophyll degradation.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Xiang Xiao, Liyu Shi, Wanqi Dong, Shuwan Jin, Qingli Liu, Wei Chen, Shifeng Cao, Zhenfeng Yang
Summary: The study revealed that ethylene treatment increased carotenoid content in peach fruit, promoting fruit coloration and softening, while 1-MCP treatment had the opposite effect. Gene expression analysis showed that ethylene and 1-MCP treatments affected the expression of carotenoid synthetic genes and transcription factors in postharvest peaches.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Isabel Lara, Diane M. Beckles, Maria F. Drincovich, Shifeng Cao
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Wanqi Dong, Liyu Shi, Saisai Li, Feng Xu, Zhenfeng Yang, Shifeng Cao
Summary: The effect of hydrogen-rich water (HRW) treatment on softening, cell wall components, and cell wall metabolic genes in postharvest okras was studied. The results showed that HRW treatment could delay softening, maintain fruit firmness, and extend shelf life. This was achieved by altering cell wall components, up-regulating biosynthesis genes, and down-regulating degradative genes at different stages of storage.
Article
Agronomy
Xu Li, Zeyang Bao, Yana Chen, Qingqing Lan, Chunbo Song, Liyu Shi, Wei Chen, Shifeng Cao, Zhenfeng Yang, Qingbo Zheng
Summary: This study found that exogenous GSH treatment can inhibit weight loss and alleviate browning in postharvest okra, maintaining the appearance and quality of the fruit. GSH treatment also reduces the levels of ROS and regulates redox homeostasis in okra. Therefore, exogenous GSH treatment can prolong the shelf life of okra.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chujiang Zhou, Wanqi Dong, Shuwan Jin, Qingli Liu, Liyu Shi, Shifeng Cao, Saisai Li, Wei Chen, Zhenfeng Yang
Summary: The treatment of peach fruit with GABA can reduce chilling injury during cold storage by up-regulating the biosynthetic genes and candidate transcription factors related to ascorbic acid and glutathione.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Jiajun Lou, Chenghao Wu, Hongfei Wang, Shifeng Cao, Yingying Wei, Yi Chen, Shu Jiang, Xingfeng Shao, Feng Xu
Summary: Melatonin treatment maintained the sensory quality of broccoli florets by inhibiting yellowing and increasing endogenous melatonin content. It also suppressed the concentrations of certain carotenoids, while inhibiting the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes. This resulted in less accumulation of abscisic acid precursors, inhibiting abscisic acid production during the yellowing process.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Qingli Liu, Xu Li, Shuwang Jin, Wanqi Dong, Yong Zhang, Wei Chen, Liyu Shi, Shifeng Cao, Zhenfeng Yang
Summary: The effect of GABA treatment in postharvest kiwifruit was studied, and it was found that GABA treatment resulted in higher chilling tolerance and better quality maintenance. This was attributed to the increase in AsA levels, which helped protect cell membranes and alleviate chilling-induced oxidative stress. GABA treatment also upregulated the expression of AsA metabolic genes and candidate transcription factors involved in AsA biosynthesis.
Article
Agronomy
Chunhong Li, Kaituo Wang, Meiling Tan, Changyi Lei, Shifeng Cao
Summary: Plants sense conserved pathogen-derived features through pattern-recognition receptors, and activate immune responses against microbial invaders. FvBAK1, a receptor-like kinase in strawberry, is rapidly induced by the plant hormone brassinosteroid and plays a crucial role in providing immunity against the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. FvBAK1 interacts with FvFLS2 and FvBIK1, linking the pathogen-derived receptor complex to downstream intracellular signaling pathways.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wanqi Dong, Shifeng Cao, Qihang Zhou, Shuwan Jin, Chujiang Zhou, Qingli Liu, Xu Li, Wei Chen, Zhenfeng Yang, Liyu Shi
Summary: Hydrogen-rich water treatment delays senescence and maintains fruit quality in postharvest okras. The treatment increases levels of melatonin, gibberellin (GA), and indoleacetic acid (IAA), while decreasing abscisic acid (ABA) content. These changes are associated with the upregulation of melatonin biosynthetic genes and anabolic genes for GA and IAA, as well as the down-regulation of ABA biosynthetic genes and up-regulation of ABA degradative gene.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
L. J. Ba, S. Cao, N. Ji, C. Ma, R. Wang, D. L. Luo
Summary: The present study found that melatonin treatment improves the quality and antioxidant activity of fresh-cut pitaya fruits by delaying ripening and senescence.
INTERNATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
M. Graca Dias, Elsa Vasco, Francisco Ravasco, Lufsa Oliveira
Summary: This study estimated the vitamin D intake of "adults" and "elderly" populations in Portugal using the TDS methodology. The results showed that the majority of people had inadequate vitamin D intake, well below the Dietary Reference Values.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yanan Wang, Jiachen Shi, Yong-Jiang Xu, Chin-Ping Tan, Yuanfa Liu
Summary: This study investigates the variations in lipid digestion profiles among individuals of different ages using in vitro digestion models. The findings suggest that adults have a more comprehensive lipid digestion compared to infants, and infants tend to release shorter chain length and more saturated free fatty acids during digestion. Additionally, the particle sizes in the stomach of the elderly were consistently larger. This study enhances our understanding of how lipids with different degrees of unsaturation undergo digestion in diverse age groups.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Hyunjong Yu, Huisu Kim, Pahn-Shick Chang
Summary: Chitosan-pectin emulsion-filled hydrogel (EFH) was developed to enhance the bioaccessibility of lipophilic bioactive compounds through intestinal delivery. The EFH, prepared without crosslinking agents, demonstrated improved mechanical strength and compactness with higher pectin concentration. It retained the emulsion at pH 2.0 and released it at pH 7.4, resulting in enhanced release of free fatty acids and improved bioaccessibility of curcumin.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tongze Zhang, Siqi Hong, Jia-Rong Zhang, Pin-He Liu, Siyi Li, Zixian Wen, Jianwei Xiao, Guirong Zhang, Olivier Habimana, Nagendra P. Shah, Zhongquan Sui, Harold Corke
Summary: Lactic acid fermentation significantly affects the morphology and physicochemical properties of proso millet starch, including the formation of surface indentations and small pores, decrease in gelatinization temperatures, and changes in hardness and adhesiveness.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Liqin Kong, Feng Hong, Peng Luan, Yiping Chen, Yaoze Feng, Ming Zhu
Summary: This study presents a novel impedance biosensor using composite nanomaterials and T1R1 as a signal probe, which can competitively and ultra-sensitively detect umami intensity. The biosensor exhibits exceptional analytical performance and is suitable for food flavor evaluation.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Kunying Lv, Yixin Yang, Qilong Li, Ran Chen, Liang Deng, Yiwei Zhang, Ning Jiang
Summary: Horse's milk, with its high nutritional value and low allergenic proteins, could be a substitute for cow's milk in infant consumption. A proteomic method was used to identify and compare milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) and whey proteins from different horse breeds. The study found differences in protein composition and functionality, which could support the development of formulas more suitable for human infants.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Enrique Jacobo Diaz-Montana, Helene Brignot, Ramon Aparicio-Ruiz, Thierry Thomas- Danguin, Maria Teresa Morales
Summary: Sensory perception of virgin olive oil is influenced by phenols and volatiles, which are affected by the composition of the oil and biological factors. This study investigated the effect of saliva and phenols on the release of volatiles, and found that the presence of phenols decreased the release of saturated volatiles.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Wei Zhou, Rui Zhang, Zhen Cai, Fangfang Wu, Yong Hu, Chao Huang, Kun Hu, Yun Chen
Summary: Environmentally friendly and outstanding pH-responsive cationic starch nanoparticles (CSNP) were prepared from pH-sensitive starch. CSNP exhibited nanosize and regular sphere, highly free-flowing molecular chains, and demonstrated excellent pH responsiveness through multiple emulsion/demulsification transitions.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Andrea Koo, Vinayak Ghate, Weibiao Zhou
Summary: This study suggests that direct seeding may negatively affect the nutritional quality of crops, causing a decrease in ascorbic acid, vitamin K, and total glucosinolate content.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tonghao Du, Yazhou Xu, Xiaoyan Xu, Shijin Xiong, Linli Zhang, Biao Dong, Jinqing Huang, Tao Huang, Muyan Xiao, Tao Xiong, Mingyong Xie
Summary: This study successfully improved the ACE inhibitory activity of black sesame seeds by fermenting them with Lactobacillus Plantarum NCU116 and hydrolyzing them using acid protease. The RF-PSO model was used to predict the ACE inhibitory activity during the hydrolysis process. Eight peptides with ACE inhibitory activity were identified from fermented black sesame seed hydrolysates after separation and screening.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yao Liu, Songyi Lin, Kexin Liu, Shan Wang, Qiaozhen Liu, Na Sun
Summary: This study analyzed the structural changes of shrimp proteins during digestion, predicted the immunodominant epitopes, and validated their allergenicity. The results showed that shrimp proteins were degraded into peptides during digestion, but still carried IgE epitopes that trigger allergic reactions.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tiantian Fu, Hongwei Cao, Yu Zhang, Xiao Guan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of milling on the active components in rice, with a focus on the stability and bioaccessibility of phenols, VB1, and alpha-GABA during cooking and digestion. The findings show that milling exacerbates the instability of gamma-GABA during cooking and VB1 during digestion, and it affects the bioaccessibility of these active compounds.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zhihao Yang, Yanru Hou, Min Zhang, Puxin Hou, Chang Liu, Lu Dou, Xiaoyu Chen, Lihua Zhao, Lin Su, Ye Jin
Summary: This study investigated the molecular mechanism of feeding regimes on lamb flavor by using TMT labeling combined with MS. The results showed that pasture-fed groups had higher levels of amino acids and volatile flavor substances compared to concentrate-fed groups. Additionally, several differentially abundant proteins associated with lamb flavor were identified.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zixuan Xie, De Zhang, Junyu Zhu, Qianqian Luo, Jun Liu, Jingtao Zhou, Xiaoyong Wang, Yuqiong Chen, Zhi Yu, Dejiang Ni
Summary: This study investigated the acidification of aroma-enhanced black tea during storage. Analysis of non-volatile substances and organic acids using UPLC-Q-TOF/MS and HPLC revealed a decrease in soluble sugars and amino acids, while an increase in organic acids such as oxalic acid, malic acid, and quinic acid. In vitro experiments further demonstrated that the acidification is a result of the decomposition of sugars and amino acids by heating, as well as the oxidation of aromatic aldehydes. Additionally, the study showed that the taste composition of tea infusion is altered, with reduced amino acids, catechins, soluble sugars, and flavonoids. This research provides a theoretical basis for improving the quality of black tea.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Lin Wang, Falai Ma, Zihan Li, Yan Zhang
Summary: This study developed time-temperature integrators based on amyloglucosidase@Cu3(PO4)2 nanoflowers for monitoring the freshness of chilled pork. The results showed that the integrators were highly reliable and accurate in predicting the quality of chilled pork.
