Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages 565-572Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00375-8
Keywords
polyphenoloxidase; peroxidase; phenylalanine ammonia-lyase; catalase; ascorbate peroxidase; chilling; blackheart; pineapple fruit
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The involvement of browning enzymes, polyphenoloxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POD) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) in blackheart development was investigated in pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus, Smooth Cayenne) following low temperature storage. An increase in PPO activity was related to the incidence of blackheart symptoms, both temporally and spatially. Fruit maturity significantly affected blackheart susceptibility; immature and over-mature fruits developed less blackheart injury than in ature fruit. The effect of maturity on blackheart susceptibility was highly correlated to the response of PPO activity to chilling. POD showed no significant change after chilling. Enhanced PAL activity was observed during chilling at 6, 13 and 18 degreesC. Chilling (6, 13 and 18 degreesC) also inhibited the increase of ascorbate peroxidase activity observed in the fruit stored continuously at 25 degreesC, but had less effect on catalase activity. The results indicate that the development of blackheart symptoms in pineapple fruit results from the disturbance of a number of metabolic processes that occur at sub-ambient temperatures. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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