As a low cost byproduct, Actinidia deliciosa shell can be made into sorbent materials which are used in heavy metals immobilization. It has been investigated as a replacement for currently expensive methods of heavy metal immobilization from soil. In this study, soil samples were contaminated with copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) at the rate of 600 ppm in separate dishes. The 5% Actinidia deliciosa sh...

The total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, vitamin C content, and antioxidant activities of ethanol extracts from different kiwifruit varieties (Actinidia kolomikta, Actinidia arguta, Actinidia chinensis) were determined in this study. Multiple scavenging activity assays including the hydroxyl radical, O(2) (-)·radical, DPPH, and the ABTS(+) radical scavenging activity assays were use...

Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa and Actinidia chinensis) is allergenic to sensitive patients, and, under Japanese regulations, it is one of the food items that are recommended to be declared on food labeling as much as possible. To develop PCR-based methods for the detection of trace amounts of kiwifruit in foods, two primer pairs targeting the ITS-1 region of the Actinidia spp. were designed us...

Actinidia chinensis is an important economic plant belonging to the basal lineage of the asterids. Availability of a complete Actinidia chloroplast genome sequence is crucial to understanding phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of angiosperms and facilitates kiwifruit genetic improvement. We report here the complete nucleotide sequences of the chloroplast genomes for Actinidia chine...

The present study was to evaluate the anti-diabetic activity of the aqueous extract of Actinidia kolomikta root against baker's yeast α-glucosidase and rat intestinal α-glucosidase. As a result, the aqueous extract of Actinidia kolomikta root exhibited excellent baker's yeast α-glucosidase inhibitory activity which was better than acarbose. It also showed rat intestinal α-glucosidase inhibitory...

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are a relatively recently defined class of proteins which, under native conditions, lack a unique tertiary structure whilst maintaining essential biological functions. Functional classification of IDPs have implicated such proteins as being involved in various physiological processes including transcription and translation regulation, signal transduction...

The Red Delicious has for many years represented the ideal apple and has been a symbol of consistent crispness and delicious flavor. However, changes in the way Red Delicious varieties are bred, distributed, and sold threaten to displace the Red Delicious apple from its central role in the industry. One important component in this shift is the trend in the last decade of breeding Red Delicious ...

Contract administrator: Mary Lou Bricker ([email protected]) (509) 335-7667; or Tom Kelly ([email protected]); (509) 335-3691 Objectives: 1. Modify and validate fall pheromone trap sampling as a method of identifying high-risk orchards for spring sampling (‘Delicious’ and ‘Golden Delicious’). 2. Determine the relative susceptibility to C. verbasci damage of apple cultivars other than ‘Delicious’ an...

Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), 2-chloroethyl phosphonic acid (ethephon), and methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on production of aroma volatile compounds and ethylene by ‘Delicious’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ apples [Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. var. domestica (Borkh.) Mansf.] during ripening were investigated. Forty-four volatile compounds in ‘Delicious’ and 40 compounds in ‘Golden Delicious’ were d...

Red delicious, Kala kulu and Golden delicious apples taken from different marketing locations and retail stores during minimum availability period were analyzed for nutritional and microbial quality. Twenty one samples were analyzed for proximate composition and 72 samples were examined for surface contaminants using standard techniques. The highest weights of large, medium and small sized appl...