Claim · model-written summary
The proportion of water-soluble pectins increased in peel.
- Taxon
- Valencia oranges
Citrus sinensise2 - Organ / stage
- peele0
- Outcome
- percentagee0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the percentage is found to increase in the peel and decline in the pulp before eventually increasing also”
e1“The water-soluble pectins of both peel and pulp”
e2“peel and pulp of Valencia oranges”
Title
Changes in Pectic Constituents of Valencia Oranges During Growth and Development
Walton B. Sinclair; Virgil A. Jolliffe Botanical Gazette 1958. doi:10.1086/335982
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Method / resource Alcohol- and acetone-insoluble solids gave practically the same total pectic substance results.
- Observation Total pectic substance in Valencia orange peel initially rose tremendously.
- Observation Total pectic substance in Valencia orange pulp initially rose tremendously.
- Observation Total pectic substance in peel declined through the rest of the season.
- Observation Total pectic substance in pulp declined through the rest of the season.
- Observation Water-soluble pectins in peel gradually declined.
- Observation Water-soluble pectins in pulp gradually declined.
- Observation The proportion of water-soluble pectins declined then increased in pulp.
- Observation Pectic substances in juice remained relatively constant.