Polyacetylenes in fresh and stored carrots (Daucus carota): relations to root morphology and sugar content

Abstract

CONCLUSION: The results indicate similarities in the activity of the enzymes transforming sucrose to hexoses and the enzymes transforming falcarinol to falcarindiol-3-acetate and falcarindiol. The negative correlation between root size and polyacetylenes seems to be partly due to dilution but also to a higher synthetisation rate in smaller roots. The results indicate the existence of an equilibrium regulating the level of falcarinol. (C) 2011 Society of Chemical Industry

Keywords

carrot; Daucus carota; polyacetylene; falcarinol; falcarindiol; falcarindiol-3-acetate; sugar; root morphology; storage

Published in

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
2012, volume: 92, number: 8, pages: 1748-1754
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Kjellenberg, Lars

  • Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Johansson, Eva

  • Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gustavsson, Karl-Erik

  • Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Olsson, Marie

  • Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Horticulture
Food Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.5541

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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