Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Softening of Winter Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Materials and Cold Plasma Treatment
2.2. Respiration Intensity
2.3. Firmness
2.4. Weight Loss
2.5. Total Soluble Solids (TSS)
2.6. Titratable Acids (TA)
2.7. Vitamin C (VC)
2.8. Protopectin, Soluble Pectin, and Cellulose Contents
2.9. Activities of Polygalacturonase (PG), Pectin Methyl Esterase (PME), 3α-L-Arabinfurosidase (α-L-Af), 4β-Galactosidase (β-Gal), Cellulase (Cx), and β-Glucosidase (β-Glu)
2.10. Statistical Analysis of the Results
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Respiratory Intensity, Firmness, TSS Content, TA Content, VC Content, and Weight Loss of the Winter Jujubes
3.2. Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Protopectin, Soluble Pectin, and Cellulose Contents of the Winter Jujubes
3.3. Effects of Cold Plasma Treatment on the PG, PME, α-L-Af, β-Gal, Cx, and β-Glu Activities of the Winter Jujubes
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jia, S.; Zhang, N.; Dong, C.; Zheng, P.; Ji, H.; Yu, J.; Yan, S.; Chen, C.; Liang, L. Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Softening of Winter Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao). Horticulturae 2023, 9, 986. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9090986
Jia S, Zhang N, Dong C, Zheng P, Ji H, Yu J, Yan S, Chen C, Liang L. Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Softening of Winter Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao). Horticulturae. 2023; 9(9):986. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9090986
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Sitong, Na Zhang, Chenghu Dong, Pufan Zheng, Haipeng Ji, Jinze Yu, Shijie Yan, Cunkun Chen, and Liya Liang. 2023. "Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on the Softening of Winter Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao)" Horticulturae 9, no. 9: 986. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9090986