Understanding how climate change can affect crop-pollinator systems helps predict potential geographical mismatches between a crop and its pollinators, and therefore identify areas vulnerable to loss of pollination services. We examined the distribution of orchard species (apples, pears, plums and other top fruits) and their pollinators in Great Britain, for present and future climatic conditio...

Three different calibration approaches were applied in HPLC/MS/MS using electrospray ionization for the determination of 14 diverse pesticide residues at different levels in a variety of food matrixes. This study was conducted as part of a 4 day training course for 17 chemists to learn the "quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe" (QuEChERS) approach to pesticide residue analysis in foo...

objectives: consumption of fruits, such as plums and prunes, is useful in treating blood circulation disorder, measles, digestive disorder, and prevention of cancer, diabetes, and obesity. the paper presents a description of antioxidant and antiradical capacity of plum (prunus domestica l.) in both fresh and dried samples. materials and methods: samples were mixed with methanol and ethanol (as ...

Objectives: Consumption of fruits, such as plums and prunes, is useful in treating blood circulation disorder, measles, digestive disorder, and prevention of cancer, diabetes, and obesity. The paper presents a description of antioxidant and antiradical capacity of plum (Prunus domestica L.) in both fresh and dried samples. Materials and Methods: Samples were mixed with methanol and ethanol (as ...

It is known that the eating of most fruits leads to the formation of less acid urines due to the excess of base-forming elements in the fruits. The organic acids contained in the various fruits are oxidized within the body to carbon dioxide and water, so that the net result to the organism is a gain in base. However fruits such as cranberries, prunes, and plums, which contain benzoic acid or it...

Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites ubiquitously distributed in the plant kingdom which come a wide array of molecular configurations confer them comprehensive set chemical attributes such as, but not limited to: nutraceutical properties, industrial applications (e.g., dyes, rawhide processing, beer production, antioxidants), and self-defense mechanisms against natural enemies also kno...

‘Xiangjiao’ plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) is a stone fruit that vulnerable to the chilling injury (CI) caused by low-temperature stress. The effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and ethylene absorbent (EA) treatments on quality malic acid metabolism stored at 4 °C were compared in this study. Compared with control check (CK) EA treatment, fumigation 1.0 mg·L−1 1-MCP for 24 h could more signi...