| Title: | Long-term storage of Pink Lady apples modifies volatile-involved enzyme activities: consequences on production of volatile esters |
| Author(s): | Villatoro C; Echeverria G; Graell J; Lopez ML; Lara I; |
| Address: | "Area de Post-Collita, XaRTA, UdL-IRTA, Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5118 (Electronic) 0021-8561 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Pink Lady apples were harvested at commercial maturity and stored at 1 degrees C and 92% relative humidity under either air or controlled atmosphere conditions (2 kPa O 2:2 kPa CO 2 and 1 kPa O 2:1 kPa CO 2) for 27 weeks. Data on the emission of volatile compounds and on the activity of some related enzymes in both skin and flesh tissues were obtained during subsequent shelf life at 20 degrees C. Major effects of storage atmosphere and poststorage period were observed on the emission of volatile esters and their precursors. Changes in the production of volatile esters were partly due to alterations in the activity of alcohol o-acyltransferase, but the specific esters emitted by fruit after storage also resulted largely from modifications in the supply of the corresponding substrates. Samples stored under air were characterized by higher availability of acetaldehyde, whereas those stored under CA showed enhanced emission of the alcohol precursors ethanol and 1-hexanol (2 kPa O 2) and 1-butanol (1 kPa O 2), with accordingly higher production of ethyl, hexyl, and butyl esters. Multivariate analysis revealed that a large part of the observed differences in precursor availability arose from modifications in the activity of the enzymes considered. Higher pyruvate decarboxylase activity in air-stored fruit possibly accounted for higher acetaldehyde levels in these samples, while storage under 1 kPa O 2 led to significantly decreased lipoxygenase activity and thus to lessened production of 1-hexanol and hexyl esters. Low acetaldehyde availability together with enhanced hydroperoxide lyase and alcohol dehydrogenase levels in these fruits are suggested to have led to higher emission of 1-butanol and butyl esters" |
| Keywords: | Acetaldehyde/analysis Cold Temperature Esters/*metabolism Food Preservation/*methods Fruit/chemistry/*enzymology Malus/*enzymology Proteins/metabolism Time Factors Volatile Organic Compounds/metabolism Volatilization; |
| Notes: | "MedlineVillatoro, Carmen Echeverria, Gemma Graell, Jordi Lopez, Maria Luisa Lara, Isabel eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2008/09/10 J Agric Food Chem. 2008 Oct 8; 56(19):9166-74. doi: 10.1021/jf801098b. Epub 2008 Sep 9" |
