Paper · 1999 · Acta Horticulturae

REDOX POTENTIAL IN THE TISSUE OF COLD-STORED APPLES AS AN INDICATOR OF ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY AND BROWNING

A. Kuczynski

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Abstract

Under conditions of oxygen deficiency and lack of substrate of enzymatic browning that can develop inside apple flesh damaged by a redox electrode, a chemical balance appears. Redox measurements allow the determination of the kinetics of biochemical reaction lasting up to ten minutes within apple tissue, and of the redox potential distribution in apple tissue - the parameters specific for every cultivar. Redox potential can also be used to assess the susceptibility of apple flesh to enzymatic browning, quantified by means of the diffuse reflectance method. Moreover, the biochemical examination of apple varieties for the content of chlorogenic acid, epicatechin and phloretin glucoside shows that this group of phenolic compounds is responsible for establishment of redox potential values. Redox measurements have a potential value as a means to evaluate freshness and quality of minimally processed product.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Oxygen deficiency and lack of browning substrate inside electrode damaged apple flesh produced a chemical balance.

Organ / stage
apple fleshe0
Outcome
chemical balancee0
Qualifier
oxygen deficiency and lack of substrate of enzymatic browninge0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Under conditions of oxygen deficiency and lack of substrate of enzymatic browning that can develop inside apple flesh damaged by a redox electrode, a chemical balance appears.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Redox measurements resolved biochemical reaction kinetics lasting up to ten minutes in apple tissue.

Organ / stage
apple tissuee0
Outcome
kinetics of biochemical reactione0
Value
ten minutese0

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Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Redox measurements allow the determination of the kinetics of biochemical reaction lasting up to ten minutes within apple tissue”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Redox measurements determined cultivar specific redox potential distributions in apple tissue.

Outcome
redox potential distributione0
Comparator
every cultivare0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“and of the redox potential distribution in apple tissue - the parameters specific for every cultivar.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Redox potential could assess susceptibility of apple flesh to enzymatic browning quantified by diffuse reflectance.

Outcome
susceptibility of apple flesh to enzymatic browninge0
Comparator
diffuse reflectance methode0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Redox potential can also be used to assess the susceptibility of apple flesh to enzymatic browning, quantified by means of the diffuse reflectance method.”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Chlorogenic acid, epicatechin and phloretin glucoside were asserted to establish apple redox potential values.

Compound
chlorogenic acid, epicatechin and phloretin glucosidee0
Outcome
redox potential valuese0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the content of chlorogenic acid, epicatechin and phloretin glucoside shows that this group of phenolic compounds is responsible for establishment of redox potential values.”

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“APPLES”

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Method / resourceauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Redox measurements have potential to evaluate freshness and quality of minimally processed apple product.

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APPLESt0
Outcome
freshness and qualitye0
Comparator
minimally processed producte0

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“Redox measurements have a potential value as a means to evaluate freshness and quality of minimally processed product.”

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“APPLES”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 45–51 · show in text ↑