Role of antioxidative system during the development and senescence of cucumber fruit
2012
Qian, C.L., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Coll. of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science | Zhao, Y.Y., Yangtze Univ., Jingzhou (China). Coll. of Horticulture and Gardening | Mi, H.B., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Coll. of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science | Chen, X.H., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Coll. of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science | Guo, L.J., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Coll. of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science | Mao, L.C., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Coll. of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science
The oxidative processes and antioxidative system in Cucumis sativus fruit were determined during development and senescence. Four distinct developmental stages could be delineated during fruit maturation as follows: immature (3-8 d after anthesis, DAA), mature (9-16 DAA), breaker (17-22 DAA), and yellow (35-40 DAA). The electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde content, superoxide anion production rate, and hydrogen peroxide content increased continuously during fruit development and senescence. Superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities consistently increased during fruit maturation, and the catalase activity displayed a single peak at the mature stage. Ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities declined during fruit development, but both were activated in yellow fruit. Monodehydroascorbate reductase activity declined and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) activity increased during fruit growth. DHAR was repressed in yellow fruit. Ascorbate dramatically accumulated and its redox state increased, whereas glutathione was degraded and its redox state declined with fruit maturation.
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