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Mesocarp raw tissue of a pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.) popularly known in Argentina as 'calabacita criolla' was rheologically characterized by large and small deformations after a stepwise adjustment of its turgor pressure to determine the relative contributions of turgor pressure, cell wall (CW) and middle lamella (ML) to the mechanical behavior. Examinations using light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were performed in order to explain the textural behavior observed. In general, firmness at failure, residual relaxation force and dynamic moduli increased with turgor pressure. For all the hypotonic solutions (polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG) concentrations lower than 250 mol m-3) a gain of tissue weight was observed, a trend that indicated a null occurrence of cell bursting as confirmed by observations using LM and TEM of undamaged cell membranes with swelled cytoplasms. However, no significative change in relative volume was detected for tissue equilibrated in PEG with concentrations of 0-130 mol m-3, probably due to the resistance of CW to further elongation. Peaks of failure were observed during compression for tissue equilibrated under all osmotic conditions and their presence was associated with CW integrity. Plasmolysed tissue did not show a residual force at infinite time of relaxation. Incipient plasmolysis was better detected by rheological studies than by volume change and it was confirmed by LM. Significant correlations were obtained between residual relaxation force and either storage moduli or phase shift angle, revealing that relaxation out of the linear viscoelasticity range and dynamic assays provide analogous information concerning tissue behavior. © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Effect of immersion and turgor pressure change on mechanical properties of pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.)
Autor:Pla, M.D.E.; Delbon, M.; Rojas, A.M.; Gerschenson, L.N.
Filiación:Departamento de Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, (B1428GBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Dynamic moduli; Firmness; Pumpkin; Relaxation force; Structure; Turgor pressure; Cucumis
Año:2006
Volumen:86
Número:15
Página de inicio:2628
Página de fin:2637
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2663
Título revista:Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Título revista abreviado:J. Sci. Food Agric.
ISSN:00225142
CODEN:JSFAA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00225142_v86_n15_p2628_Pla

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Pla, M.D.E., Delbon, M., Rojas, A.M. & Gerschenson, L.N. (2006) . Effect of immersion and turgor pressure change on mechanical properties of pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 86(15), 2628-2637.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2663
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Pla, M.D.E., Delbon, M., Rojas, A.M., Gerschenson, L.N. "Effect of immersion and turgor pressure change on mechanical properties of pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.)" . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 86, no. 15 (2006) : 2628-2637.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2663
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Pla, M.D.E., Delbon, M., Rojas, A.M., Gerschenson, L.N. "Effect of immersion and turgor pressure change on mechanical properties of pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.)" . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, vol. 86, no. 15, 2006, pp. 2628-2637.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2663
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Pla, M.D.E., Delbon, M., Rojas, A.M., Gerschenson, L.N. Effect of immersion and turgor pressure change on mechanical properties of pumpkin (Cucumis moschata, Duch.). J. Sci. Food Agric. 2006;86(15):2628-2637.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2663