Melon fruits

Melon fruit Evaluation and enhancement in cucurbit germplasm Cohen et al. (8)... 

Benincase cerifera Savi. B. hispida Cogn. Don Gua (Gourd melon) (fruit, seed) Palmitic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid.50 Diuretic, laxative, treat diabetes, dropsy, rhinitis. 

The first pyrolysin to be cloned from a higher plant was cucumisin from Cucumis melo, an extracellular protease highly abundant in melon fruit [152], Cucumisin was shown to have a broad substrate specificity in that it cleaves a variety of small peptide substrates and eight peptide bonds within the oxidized insulin B chain [153-155]. A similar, broad... 

Rose, J.K.C., Hadfield, K.A., Labavitch, J.M., and Bennett, A.B. 1998. Temporal sequence of cell wall disassembly in rapidly ripening melon fruit. Plant Physiol. 117 345-361. 

Fruit with spots flesh may rot. Causes Angular leaf spot Alternaria blight scab black rot anthracnose. Several fungal and bacterial diseases cause these symptoms on melon fruit. For complete symptoms, controls, and resistant cultivars, if available, see Leaves with spots, blotches, or brown areas above. 

Although for many years lipoxygenase activity in fish was discounted (14-17), plant lipoxygenases were easily demonstrated, and became well-accepted. Research into the biosynthesis of the six-, eight-, and nine-carbon volatile aroma compounds of mushrooms (27, 56) and cucumber/melon-fruits (37, 57-58) showed the concerted activities of both site-specific lipoxygenases and hydroperoxide lyases. Because animal lipoxygenases exhibit self-inactivation properties (59-60), early experimentation failed to detect an active lipoxygenase from fish, and this led to conclusions that autoxidation was responsible for the... 

The amino acid sequence predicted from pTOM13 shows a significant similarity to flavanone-3-hydroxylase, which requires Fe and 2-oxoglutarate [96]. Ververidis and John [98] applied the conditions to stabilise flavanone-3-hydroxylase to extract EFE from melon fruits and found that authentic EFE activity was recovered in a soluble fraction in the presence of Fe and ascorbate. This finding allowed other researchers to extract authentic EFE from apple [100,136,137] and avocado [99]. The molecular size of extracted ACC oxidase was about 35 kDa in both SDS-PAGE and gel filtration. This result indicates that ACC oxidase is a monomeric enzyme, and isolated cDNA clones represented by pTOM13 encode the entire ACC oxidase. 

Agriculture and cultivated crops occupy considerable areas of irrigated and non-irrigated land. Some of the major crops are cotton, maize (com), alfalfa, wheat, barley, sorghum, rice, mulberry for silkworm culture, vegetables, melons, fruit trees, and others. The natural vegetation of Uzbekistan is a very rich source of fodder (more than 1,700 species), medicinal plants (600 species) and plants with essential oils (>650 species), saponins (>100 species), and tannins (ca. 400 species). 

Because of their structural diversity, the C-9 compounds occupy first place among the aliphatic alcohols and carbonyl compounds. Cucumber 164, 296, 619) and various melon fruits 293, 294, 297, 298) seem to be particularly rich in derivatives having this number of carbon atoms. In addition to nonanal and the corresponding alcohol, their unsaturated analogs (16) to (25) were also found in these Cucurbitaceae fruits. ( ,Z)-2,6-Nonadienal (23) and ( )-2-nonenal (17) constitute the organoleptic principle for cucumber flavor Cucumis sativus L.) (164, 296). Although it is present in a concentration of only 0.9 ppb (about 45 times its threshold value) (295), (Z)-6-nonenal (21) is the essential... 

Al-Madhoun AS, Sanmartin M, Kanellis AK. Expression of ascorbate oxidase isoenzymes in cucurbits and during development and ripening of melon fruit. Postharvest Biol Technol 2003 27 137-146. 

Fruits (except citrus and melons) Peach, loquat, kiwi, apple, pear, persimmon, nectarine, apricot, cherry, UME, strawberry, grape, ginkgo nut, chestnut, walnuts... 

In the parathion studies and the more recent DDT studies, the fruits were split in half by cutting axially one third through the fruit with a broad-bladed knife and then twisting the blade to one side. The core and pulp, exclusive of the part touched by the knife blade, were carefully scraped out with sharpened melon bailers. 

Captan vegetables, fruit, melons, berries 0.35 Not permitted 00... 

More than 20% of insects are pollinators. Bees alone pollinate more than 50 agricultural crops [111]. When fully pollinated, fruit and berry plants grow 30-40% more, and melons and squash twice as much, or more. Bees increase harvest size 3-4 times in feed grass like alfalfa, red clover, and vetch [111]. However, the number of bees and other plant pollinators sharply and universally decreased in regions of the USSR where chemicals were used in agriculture in the middle of the 1980s. Because of this decrease, harvest size of some plants has noticeably decreased (for example, buckwheat and melons). 

Fruits have received extensive study one example is that of the passion fruit volatiles. Another fruit in which sulfur volatiles play an aroma role is musk-melon (Cucumis melo cv. Makdimon). A musky overtone is provided by 3-(methylthio)propanal ( stale ) and 5 -(methylthio)-butanoate ( pine, earthy )... 

Yellow and red fruits and vegetables (plums, carrots, melons, and tomatoes), with a more distinctive carotenoid distribution than the first category (fruits and vegetables belonging to this category contain primarily carotenes)... 

Ascorbic acid is probably the most labile bioactive compound in fruit juices and fruit and vegetable pieces, as we described in the first part of this chapter. Retention of this phytochemical after the nonthermal treatments ranged from 47% to 100%, depending on the intensity of the applied treatment and the product. For example, the greatest losses of vitamin C were found in fresh-cut red lettuce and melon treated with IR and HHP (Fan and others 2008 Wolbang and others 2008), respectively. However, the use of gamma radiation in various vegetables retained 100% of their total ascorbic acid content (Fan and others 2008). 

FEP resin See fluorinated ethylene propylene resin. lef e pe rez-on ferbam org chem C9H sFeN3S8 lron(lll) dlmethyldlthlocarbamate A fungicide for protecting fruits, vegetables, melons, and ornamental plants. for-bom ... 

Dr. Chambers has written an excellent review article on "Attractants for Fruit Fly Survey and Control" (5 ). In this review. Chambers discusses the development of parapheromones and food baits and the implementation of these attractants. Thousands of compounds were screened in Hawaii and in Mexico during the period of 1950 to 1955 (6), and this screening process yielded some promising candidates. Methyl eugenol, proposed by Steiner in 1952 (X), remains the most effective lure for the Oriental fruit fly. Cue lure, found by Beroza in 1960 (8), is a good lure for the melon... 

Pheromone (sex attractant). Ether extract of the stem, produced equivocal effect on Aspiculuris tetraptera, female and male Dacus dorsalis, male Mediterranean fruit flies, and male and female melon flies " k Pheromone (signaling). Ether extract of the stem, produced equivocal effect on Aspiculuris tetraptera, female and male Dacus dorsalis, male Mediterranean fruit flies, and male and female melon flies " k Phospholipidemic effect. Oil, administered to phospholipids transfer protein knockout (PLTPO)-deficient mice, produced an increase of phospholipids and free cholesterol in the VLDL-LDL region of PLTPO mice. Accumulation of phospholipids and free cholesterol was dramatically increased in PLTPO/HLO mice compared to PLTPO mice. Turnover studies indicated that coconut oil was associated with delayed catabolism of phospholipids and phospho-lipids/free cholesterol-rich particles. Incubation of these particles with hepatocytes of coconut-fed mice produced a reduced removal of phospholipids and free cholesterol by SRBI, even though SRBI protein expression levels were unchanged . 

CN014 Keiser, I., E. J. Harris, D. H. Miyashita, M. Jacobson, and R. E. Perdue. Attraction of ethyl ether extracts of 23 2 bota-nicals to oriental fruit flies, melon flies, and Mediterranean fruit flies. LLoydia 195 38(2) 141-152. 

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