We have studied the transcription of polygalacturonase (PG) and several other riponing-associated genes in wild-type tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit and three ripening-impaired mutants, rin, nor, and Nr. In wild-type fruit, the PG gene becomes transcriptionally active early in ripening and remains transcriptionally active during the ripening process. Fruit of the three ripening-impaired ...

The volatile composition of white Agudelo, Blancolexitimo, Godello and red Serradelo cultivars (NW Spain) harvested at two different stages of ripening have been evaluated. C(6)-compounds, alcohols, volatile fatty acids, monoterpenes, C(13)-norisoprenoids, volatile phenols and carbonyl compounds were identified and quantified in free and glycosidically bound forms by gas chromatography-mass spe...

Protein synthesis by intact Bartlett pear fruits was studied with ripening as measured by flesh softening, chlorophyll degradation, respiration, ethylene synthesis, and malic enzyme activity. Protein synthesis is required for normal ripening, and the proteins synthesized early in the ripening process are, in fact, enzymes required for ripening. (14)C-Phenylalanine is differentially incorporated...

In this study, Örgü cheese has been produced by using different coagulating enzymes (calf rennet, microbial enzymes, recombinant chymosin). The effects of different coagulating enzymes which are used on the characteristic of mineral material and cheese has been observed during 90 days ripening time. Mineral material contents of Örgü cheese have been determined with ICP-OES (inductively coupled ...

The scope of Viedma ripening and temperature cycling with respect to chiral molecules has remained mostly limited to molecules with a single stereogenic center, while racemization proceeds through inversion at that particular stereocenter. In this article we demonstrate for the first time that atropisomers, chiral rotamers that possess an axis of chirality, can be successfully deracemized in th...

ripening is considered as the most important biochemical event in the cheese technology. presence of whey proteins in uf-cheese leads to such abnormal behaviors and characteristics as slow ripening, weak flavor, and soft and undesirable texture. since temperature and time are the most important environmental factors in cheese ripening, the aim of the present study was chosen to investigate the ...

Plum local varieties and forms are widespread in all regions of Georgia. Despite the wide dissemination of this crop, the number of cultivars is not quite a lot. Due to this reason, study of cultivars has been carried out in a collection plot of the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture, in village Jighaura. Eight plum (Prunus domestica L.) cultivars including: Amers, Bluefree, Chanchuri, E...

CONTEXT Although studies support the efficacy of the Foley catheter (FC) as a cervical ripening agent in pregnant women at term with intact membranes, its efficacy has not been well studied in women with premature rupture of membranes (PROM). OBJECTIVE To compare the interval to delivery in women with PROM who underwent induction of labor and cervical ripening with mechanical (FC) vs nonmecha...

Curcumin is a flavonoid found in the rhizome of the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa L.) and has recently attracted interest because it has numerous biological functions and therapeutic properties. In the present study, we attempted to incorporate curcumin into medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) nanoemulsions (0.15 wt% curcumin, 10 wt% MCT oil, and 10 wt% emulsifiers) with various emulsifiers [polyox...

Although it is common practice to use hematoxylin as the source of dye, it is not itself the actual dye and it has to be oxidized to hematein, which is a dye, before it can be used. This process is called ripening, and can be accomplished in two distinct ways. The ripening is usually accomplished with chemical oxidizing agents, but is sometimes accomplished by atmospheric oxygen over time. Hema...