We investigated whether the combination of phytochemicals and acetic acid in the form of fruit vinegar provides an additive effect on changes of mRNA levels related to fatty acid oxidation in human hepatocyte (HepG2). Among the seven fruit vinegars (Rubuscoreanus, Opuntia, blueberry, cherry, red ginseng, mulberry, and pomegranate) studied, treatment of HepG2 with pomegranate vinegar (PV) at con...

sour cherry is one of the most important horticultural products in iran that consumes as fresh and dried fruit. in this research the effect of osmotic pretreatment on physicochemical, antioxiative and microbial characteristics of 4 cultivars of sour cherry: early jibilium, butermo, sigany and local were investigated. the samples were placed in different osmotic solution, dried and vacuum packed...

The fruit of the cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)) was analysed for mineral and antinutrient composition. Phosphorus (33.04 ± 0.21 mg/100g) was the most abundant mineral in the fruit, followed by calcium (32.04 ± 0.06 mg/100 g), and potassium (11.9 ± 0.1 mg/100 g) and manganese (9.55 ± 0.28 mg/100 g) were also present in appreciable quantities. Antinutrients, including phytat...

Sweet cherry ( Prunus avium L.) is a valuable fruit crop worldwide. Farmers’ incomes are closely related to quantity and quality, yet these can be highly variable across years. As part of broader project for optimizing set quality in sweet cherries, this study was conducted evaluate the potential various plant growth regulators (PGRs) improving quality. Cytokinins, gibberellins, auxin, polyamin...

Auxin has been shown to modulate the fruit ripening process. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying auxin regulation of fruit ripening are still not clear. Illumina RNA sequencing was performed on mature green cherry tomato fruit 1 and 7 days after auxin treatment, with untreated fruit as a control. The results showed that exogenous auxin maintained system 1 ethylene synthesis and delayed...

Received 04/10/2011 Accepted 28/01/2012 (005491) 1 Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Biological Sciences Center, State University of Maringá – UEM, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco H67, 11, Jardim Universitário, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Agricultural Science Center, Federal University of Espirito Santo – UFES, CP 16, CEP 29500-000, Vitória, ES, Brazil 3 D...

The food industry is continuously developing ingredients, processing methods and packaging materials to improve the quality of fruit products. The aim of this work was to study the effect of sugars, a common ingredient in the food industry, on phenolics and volatiles of sour cherry juice. Sucrose, trehalose and maltose chemical isomers were chosen for this investigation. All sugars influenced t...

the use of natural compounds to control plant pathogens lead to reduction in using fungicides. chitosan with duble effects, control pathogenic microorganisms and activate inducing defence responses, has been shown to be a reliable nontoxic material in the plant-pathogen interaction. the aim of this research was to consider the effects of chitosan and calcium chloride on decay and quality attrib...

Most living things need oxygen to survive. However, the consumption of by cells causes formation reactive species (ROS). In this case, can have a toxic and mutating effect. It is reported that ROS, which create an imbalance between antioxidant system organism cause oxidative stress, chronic acute diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's some immune problems aging....

Studies on harvesting robots with manipulator were started with the tomato fruit harvesting robot since 30 years ago by Prof. Kawamura, Kyoto University [1]. The robot consisted of a 5 DOF manipulator, a harvesting end-effector, a color TV camera which was used for stereo vision, and a battery car for traveling in the ridges as shown in Figure 1. Following the harvesting robot, the robotic tech...