Secondary compounds in fruit mediate interactions with natural enemies and seed dispersers, influencing plant survival and species distributions. The functions of secondary metabolites in plant defenses have been well-studied in green tissues, but not in reproductive structures of plants. In this study, the distribution of toxicity within plants was quantified and its influence on seed survival...

Abstract Mangosteen (Garcia mangostana ) consist of 40% flesh and 60% pericarp. pericarp has unpleasant taste bitterness usually disposed as waste. However, mangosteen contains xanthones which are polyphenolic compound that proven high antioxidant activity were found abundantly in This study aims to investigate water extraction optimum operating conditions be applied industry by using RAM (resp...

At harvest sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus L.) are dormant and poorly germinate at 10 25 °C. Seed sensitivity to low temperatures (10 °C) results from an embryo dormancy whereas the envelopes (pericarp seed coats) inhibit germination Removal of pericarp greatly improved when whole achenes was higher than critical value 20 %. Using 107 batches corresponding 26 genotypes cultivated in 2015, 20...

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is a widely cultivated fruit in tropical and subtropical areas at altitudes ranging from 100 to 1500 m above sea level (masl). However, little known about the effects of altering on morpho-physiological traits determining commercial value mango. Therefore, we systematically investigated mango cultivar eight 680 1400 masl check environmental impact attributes volatile...

We have purified pectin methylesterase (PME; EC 3.1.11) from mature green (MG) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Rutgers) pericarp to an apparent homogeneity, raised antibodies to the purified protein, and isolated a PME cDNA clone from a lambdagtll expression library constructed from MG pericarp poly(A)(+) RNA. Based on DNA sequencing, the PME cDNA clone isolated in the present study is...

Repeated phenotypic evolution can occur at both the inter- and intraspecific level and is especially prominent in domesticated plants, where artificial selection has favoured the same traits in many different species and varieties. The question of whether repeated evolution reflects changes at the same or different genes in each lineage can now be addressed using the domestication and improveme...

Carbon prepared from Gloriosa superba pericarp was used to remove reactive orange 107 and reactive black 5 from aqueous solution by adsorption technique under varying conditions of agitation time, dye concentration, adsorbent dose and pH. Adsorption depended on solution pH, dye concentration, carbon concentration and contact time. Equilibrium was attained at 165 minutes and 105 minutes for reac...

Department of Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, 840 Taiwan, R.O.C. Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan, R.O.C. Department of Network System, Toko University, Chiayi, 61363, Taiwan, R.O.C. Faculty of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, and Center of Excellence for e...

Fully hydrated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seeds showed dual freezing exotherms (-9 and -18 degrees C), even after 10 hours imbibition. Only the -9 degrees C exotherm was observed in seeds imbibed for 20 hours, but without external nucleation, all water in the embryo supercooled. Results indicate that the endosperm acts as a barrier to ice propagation. Other experiments suggest that the pericar...

Coconut pericarp ( shell fiber mesocarp ) and endocarp )), the main by-product of coconut production, is often discarded causing serious environmental pollution. To make better use pericarp, extraction process polyphenols from (CM) carefully studied by screening seven solvent systems, optimizing assisted ultrasonic response surface methodology, comparing four Ultrasound, Homogenization, Ultraso...