Potential role of cell wall pectin polysaccharides, water state, and cellular structure on twice “increase–decrease” texture changes during kohlrabi pickling process

Z Yang, H Fan, R Li, B Li, J Fan, J Ge, X Xu… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pickled kohlrabi is a traditional and favored vegetable product in China. During pickling, the
hardness, springiness, and chewiness of kohlrabi all experienced a typical change with …

Effect of vibration and broken cold chain on the evolution of cell wall polysaccharides during fruit cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) shriveling under simulated …

L Zhang, M Zhang, CL Law, Y Ma - Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2023 - Elsevier
The fruits and vegetables often result in shriveling, which can significantly affect the quality
in terms of texture, appearance, and saleable weight during transportation and storage. In …

Effect of pasteurization processing and storage conditions on softening of acidified chili pepper: Pectin and it related enzymes

X Bao, S Zhang, Y Xiao, Y Jiang, Z Liu, T Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The softening of acidified chili peppers induced by processing and storage has become a
major challenge for the food industry. This study aims to explore the impact of pasteurization …

Compositional determinants of fruit and vegetable quality and nutritional value

AR Vicente, GA Manganaris, M Darre, CM Ortiz… - Postharvest handling, 2022 - Elsevier
The dietary constituents obtained from fruits vegetables include water, fiber, proteins
(legumes), sometimes fats (olive, avocado, and nuts), minerals, and digestible …

Effects of inoculation with a binary mixture of Lactobacillus plantarum and Leuconostoc citreum on cell wall components of Chinese Dongbei suancai

X Li, Y Han, X Wu, L Li, R Zhang - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effects of inoculation with a starter culture consisting of
Lactobacillus plantarum LNJ002 and Leuconostoc citreum BNCC 194779 on microbial …

Fruit textural characteristics of 23 plum (Prunus salicina Lindl) cultivars: Evaluation and cluster analysis

X Qiu, H Zhang, H Zhang, C Duan, B Xiong… - HortScience, 2021 - journals.ashs.org
Fruit textural characteristics can affect the storage, transportation, and processing of plum
(Prunus salicina Lindl) in commercial production. We analyzed 23 plum cultivars with …

Chemometric comparison and classification of 22 apple genotypes based on texture analysis and physico-chemical quality attributes

AE Mureșan, AF Sestras, M Militaru, A Păucean… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
The large number of cultivars belonging to the cultivated apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.)
reflects an extremely wide range of variability, including for fruit quality traits. To evaluate …

Three-dimensional mass transfer modeling and phenolic chemistry exploration for ultrasound-assisted and microwave drying of goji berry

R Zhu, X Ma, D Li, Y Han, S Manickam, Y Jiao… - Food Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, goji berries were pretreated with sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3) and then dried via
ultrasound-assisted air drying or microwave drying. Water migration and phenolic chemistry …

[HTML][HTML] The role of water distribution, cell wall polysaccharides, and microstructure on radish (Raphanus sativus L.) textural properties during dry-salting process

Q Jiang, S Zhao, W Zhao, P Wang, P Qin, J Wang… - Food Chemistry: X, 2024 - Elsevier
Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) undergoes texture changes in their phy-chemical properties
during the long-term dry-salting process. In our study, we found that during the 60-day …

Water relations after Ca, B and Si application determine fruit physical quality in relation to aquaporins in Prunus

F Quirante-Moya, A Martinez-Alonso… - Scientia …, 2022 - Elsevier
As climacteric fruits, fleshy Prunus has a short ripening period and short shelf-life after
harvest. Therefore, the main problem with these fruits is its physiological parameters related …