2024-03-29T05:55:45Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/832452018-11-28T12:40:59Zcom_10261_42343com_10261_2col_10261_42344
Romero, I.
Fernández-Caballero, Carlos
Sánchez Ballesta, M. Teresa
Escribano, M. Isabel
Merodio, Carmen
2013-10-04T06:56:43Z
2013-10-04T06:56:43Z
2009
Postharvest Biology and Technology 54: 118- 121 (2009)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/83245
10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.05.002
We have analyzed the influence of the stage of ripeness on L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene expression, accumulation of anthocyanins and total phenolics, and on antioxidant activity in the skin of table grapes treated with 20% CO2 + 20% O2 + 60 % N2 for 3 or 6 d at low temperature (0 °C). The residual effect of high CO2 treatment after transfer to air was also studied. In early harvested grapes, neither the anthocyanin content nor the accumulation of VcPAL mRNA was affected by any of the CO2 treatments applied. However, in late harvested grapes, the duration of high CO2 treatment determined its effect and a 6 d treatment with CO2 sustained higher levels of total phenolics and anthocyanin accumulation, and VcPAL expression than observed in untreated late harvested grapes. The increased antioxidant capacity was correlated with the total amount of phenolics and anthocyanins. Conversely, in grapes treated for 3 d with CO2 the phenylpropanoid pathway did not appear to be induced and a relationship between antioxidant activity and anthocyanins was not observed. Thus, further studies are needed to identify the most important antioxidants in these treated fruit. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Influence of the stage of ripeness on phenolic metabolism and antioxidant activity in table grapes exposed to different CO2 treatments
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