Light is a key environmental factor that affects anthocyanin biosynthesis. To enhance our understanding of the mechanisms involved in light-regulated anthocyanin biosynthesis in the pericarp of litchi, we performed transcriptomic analyses on the basis of Illumina sequencing. Fruit clusters were bagged with double-layer Kraft paper bags at 42 days after anthesis. The bags were removed after 2 we...

Expanded popcorn grain is widely consumed as a healthy snack all around the world; however, study of behavior its components by processes such nixtamalization scarce. Therefore, aim this work was to characterize nanomechanical, structural, and antioxidant properties nixtamalized pericarp. FT-IR results showed that secondary structure proteins pericarp α-helix with 42.10%, turn 21.5% 36.33% β-sh...

Postharvest water loss in pepper fruit (Capsicum annuum L.) reduces its shelf life. Fruit texture is one of the most important components quality for consumers. In this study, anatomical traits related to postharvest and were assessed. There was a strong positive relationship between thickness cuticular membrane, weight, total cutin polysaccharide-cutan weight. An amorphous fibrous structure th...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) pericarp pigments can affect grain quality. Pigments found in vegetative parts of the plant and in the peduncle and glumes of flowers (12,44) also may indirectly impact sorghum grain quality. Pigments associated with the “purple wound response” accumulate following mechanical injury, insect feeding, or pathogen invasion (22,31). Grain with nonpigmented peri...

SELF-RED pericarp (P) in maize arises as a mutant from variegated pericarp (PrrMp) by the transposition of Modulator ( M p ) away from the P locus, where it represses Prr action, to another chromosome site. Evidence summarized in the preceding article (ORTON and BRINK 1966) showed that occasionally the variegated allele is reconstituted in a Prr plant hemizygous for such a transposed Modulator ...

In maize, activation of the anthocyanin pathway represents an excellent model system for studying the interactions between an externa1 factor, such as light, and interna1 factors that regulate plant and seed development. By analyzing in detail the aleurone and pericarp seed layers, different developmental windows for light have been found in the two tissues-the former in the advanced stages of ...

PURPOSE Syrah red grapes are used in the production of tannin-rich red wines. Tannins are high molecular weight molecules, proanthocyanidins (PAs), and poorly absorbed in the upper intestine. In this study, gut microbial metabolism of Syrah grape phenolic compounds was investigated. METHODS Syrah grape pericarp was subjected to an enzymatic in vitro digestion model, and red wine and grape ski...

Soursop fruit has been used in folklore for the management of type-2 diabetes and hypertension with limited information on the scientific backing. This study investigated the effects of aqueous extracts (1 : 100 w/v) of Soursop fruit part (pericarp, pulp, and seed) on key enzymes linked to type-2 diabetes (α-amylase and α-glucosidase) and hypertension [angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE)]. Ra...

Coffee quality is directly related to the harvest and post harvest conditions. Non-uniform maturation of coffee fruits, combined with inadequate harvest, negatively affects the final quality of the product. Pectin methylesterase (PME) plays an important role in fruit softening due to the hydrolysis of methylester groups in cell wall pectins. In order to characterize the changes occurring d...