| Title |
Pre-harvest Methyl Jasmonate Treatment Enhances Cauliflower Chemoprotective Attributes Without a Loss in Postharvest Quality
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11130-013-0356-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kang Mo Ku, Jeong-Hee Choi, Mosbah M. Kushad, Elizabeth H. Jeffery, John A. Juvik |
| Abstract |
Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment can significantly increase glucosinolate (GS) concentrations in Brassica vegetables and potentially enhance anticancer bioactivity. Although MeJA treatment may promote ethylene biosynthesis, which can be detrimental to postharvest quality, there are no previous reports of its effect on cauliflower postharvest quality. To address this, cauliflower curds in field plots were sprayed with either 0.1 % Triton X-100 (control) or 500 μM MeJA solutions four days prior to harvest, then stored at 4 °C. Tissue subsamples were collected after 0, 10, 20, and 30 days of postharvest storage and assayed for visual color change, ethylene production, GS concentrations, and extract quinone reductase inductive activity. MeJA treatment increased curd GS concentrations of glucoraphanin, glucobrassicin, and neoglucobrassicin by 1.5, 2.4, and 4.6-fold over controls, respectively. MeJA treated cauliflower showed significantly higher quinone reductase activity, a biomarker for anticancer bioactivity, without reducing visual color and postharvest quality for 10 days at 4 °C storage. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 16% |
| Unknown | 4 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 44% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
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