BACKGROUND Pear (Pyrus spp.) is a popular fruit that is commercially cultivated in most temperate regions. In fruits, sugar metabolism and accumulation are important factors for fruit organoleptic quality. Post-harvest ripening is a special feature of 'Red Clapp's Favorite'. RESULTS In this study, transcriptome sequencing based on the Illumina platform generated 23.8 - 35.8 million unigenes o...

Lifespan and health in older age are strongly influenced by diet. Feeding Drosophila melanogaster diets high in sugar has increasingly been used as an experimental model to understand the physiological effects of unhealthy, contemporary human diets. Several metabolic parameters and physiological responses to nutrition are known to be dependent on the sex of the animal. However, sexual dimorphis...

The chemical contituents are concerned in the quality of tomato fruit in respect to color, texture, flavor, nutritive value, and wholesomeness. In general, high sugar contents, redness of color, and firm texture are associated with prominence of rich flavor. Biochemical changes as influenced by gro~rth, maturation, and environment of tomato fruit are discussed.

To study the traditional herbal influences on Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) in controlling diabetes, in a retrospective study from 1975-2004 in all medical universities of Iran all the traditional herbal materials which have been known as a food or drug to influence on blood sugar were collected from Iranian Nutrition Abstract & Reviews and 7 held National Nutrition Congresses. Then the studies wer...

To study the traditional herbal influences on Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) in controlling diabetes, in a retrospective study from 1975-2004 in all medical universities of Iran all the traditional herbal materials which have been known as a food or drug to influence on blood sugar were collected from Iranian Nutrition Abstract & Reviews and 7 held National Nutrition Congresses. Then the studies wer...

Label-free LC-MS/MS-based shot-gun proteomics was used to quantify the differential protein synthesis and metabolite profiling in order to assess metabolic changes during the development of citrus fruits. Our results suggested the occurrence of a metabolic change during citrus fruit maturation, where the organic acid and amino acid accumulation seen during the early stages of development shifte...