@inproceedings{260d48d5105e42b98eb31300dc065181,
title = "Lysophosphatidylethanolamine effects upon volatiles and quality of fresh-cut cantaloupe melon",
abstract = "Wounding increases the hydrolysis of phospholipids mediated by phospholipase D (PLD) in plant tissues. Subsequent reactions may originate flavor-related aldehydes and alcohols. Lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) is a naturally occurring phospholipid capable of inhibiting phospholipase D in vitro. The effect of LPE on the quality and volatile profile of fresh-cut melon was investigated. Cantaloupe melons (Cucumis melo L. 'Fiesta') were processed into cubes, vacuum-infiltrated with 200 μg L-1 of LPE, packaged in plastic clamshells and stored at 5°C for 9 days. The activities of phospholipase D (PLD) and C (PLC), respiration and ethylene production rates, color, firmness, soluble solids content (SSC), and volatile production were measured during storage at 5°C for 9 days. LPE significantly reduced the activity of PLD and PLC one day after the treatment but the effect was transient. LPE did not affect ethylene production and had a negligible effect on the respiration rate of melon cubes. Firmness and SSC were not affected by the treatment but LPE induced a very small increase in hue angle. LPE did not affect the major classes of volatiles in melon -esters and alcohols -but reduced the accumulation of aldehydes typical of wounding after the first day of storage. In conclusion, LPE did not help in the quality retention of fresh-cut melon but had a specific inhibitory effect on aldehyde production.",
keywords = "Aroma, Cucumis melo, Phospholipase C, Phospholipase D",
author = "Amaro, {A. L.} and Fundo, {J. F.} and Beaulieu, {J. C.} and Stein, {R. E.} and Fern{\'a}ndez-Trujillo, {J. P.} and Almeida, {D. P. F.}",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
day = "30",
doi = "10.17660/actahortic.2012.934.128",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789066053786",
volume = "934",
series = "Acta Horticulturae ",
publisher = "International Society for Horticultural Science",
pages = "959--965",
booktitle = "XXVIII International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People (IHC2010)",
}