Claim · model-written summary
Melatonin significantly inhibited the accumulation of H2O2 and malondialdehyde in fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.
- Taxon
- Chinese water chestnuts
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Eleocharis dulcise0 - Treatment
- melatonine6
- Outcome
- accumulation of H2O2 and malondialdehydee6
- Direction
- inhibitede6
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Verbatim
e0“Fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts (CWCs) are prone to quality deterioration during storage”
e6“melatonin significantly inhibited the accumulation of H2O2 and malondialdehyde as well as enhanced the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase by promoting the production of O2–•”
Title
Yuhan Xu; Jian Yu; Jinhui Chen; et al. Food Quality and Safety 2022. doi:10.1093/fqsafe/fyac002
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment alleviated cut-surface discoloration of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment significantly slowed the increase in browning degree and yellowness (b∗).
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment significantly slowed the decrease in lightness (L∗) of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment significantly delayed the loss of weight and total soluble solids of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.
- Intervention effect Melatonin-treated fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts had significantly lower total phenolics and soluble quinones.
- Intervention effect Melatonin-treated fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts had suppressed activities of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, polyphenol oxidase, and peroxidase.
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment significantly decreased total flavonoid concentration compared with the control in fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.
- Intervention effect Melatonin enhanced the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase in fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts by promoting O2–• production.
- Mechanism Melatonin treatment may delay surface discoloration of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts by inhibiting phenolic compound metabolism and improving antioxidant capacity.
- Intervention effect Melatonin treatment is stated to prolong the shelf life of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts.