Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism

Fresh passion fruit is sensitive to chilling injury (CI) during storage at improper low temperature of 5 °C, which lowers the fruit quality and limits its shelf life. The present study aimed to determine the impacts of melatonin on CI development of passion fruit in relation to antioxidant ability a...

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Main Authors: Yuzhao Lin, Hongbin Chen, Yazhen Chen, Bowen Tan, Xuanjing Jiang
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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Hongbin Chen
Yazhen Chen
Bowen Tan
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Xuanjing Jiang
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description Fresh passion fruit is sensitive to chilling injury (CI) during storage at improper low temperature of 5 °C, which lowers the fruit quality and limits its shelf life. The present study aimed to determine the impacts of melatonin on CI development of passion fruit in relation to antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism during refrigeration. In present study, passion fruit was treated with 0.50 mmol L−1 melatonin and distilled water (control) for 20 min, hereafter stockpiled at 5 °C. The results indicated that, in storage, melatonin-treated passion fruit showed the lower CI index and cell membrane permeability, lower superoxide anion production rate and malondialdehyde level, greater activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase, higher levels of ascorbic acid and glutathione, and higher 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging capacity than control passion fruit. Besides, lower membrane lipid-degrading enzyme activities, lower contents of phosphatidic acid and saturated fatty acids (SFAs), higher levels of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and unsaturated fatty acids (USFAs), and greater ratio of USFAs to SFAs and index of USFAs were revealed in melatonin-treated passions than control passions. Thus, these results indicated that melatonin retained cell membrane structure via boosting antioxidant capacity and restricting membrane lipid degradation, accordingly increased the chilling resistance and delayed the CI development in fresh passion fruit.
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spelling doaj-art-637419135fdc4e7a976ee37d62b6dff82025-08-20T03:45:10ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Food Science2665-92712025-01-011010095110.1016/j.crfs.2024.100951Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolismYuzhao Lin0Hongbin Chen1Yazhen Chen2Bowen Tan3Xuanjing Jiang4College of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, ChinaCorresponding author.; College of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, ChinaCollege of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, ChinaCollege of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, ChinaCollege of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, ChinaFresh passion fruit is sensitive to chilling injury (CI) during storage at improper low temperature of 5 °C, which lowers the fruit quality and limits its shelf life. The present study aimed to determine the impacts of melatonin on CI development of passion fruit in relation to antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism during refrigeration. In present study, passion fruit was treated with 0.50 mmol L−1 melatonin and distilled water (control) for 20 min, hereafter stockpiled at 5 °C. The results indicated that, in storage, melatonin-treated passion fruit showed the lower CI index and cell membrane permeability, lower superoxide anion production rate and malondialdehyde level, greater activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase, higher levels of ascorbic acid and glutathione, and higher 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging capacity than control passion fruit. Besides, lower membrane lipid-degrading enzyme activities, lower contents of phosphatidic acid and saturated fatty acids (SFAs), higher levels of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and unsaturated fatty acids (USFAs), and greater ratio of USFAs to SFAs and index of USFAs were revealed in melatonin-treated passions than control passions. Thus, these results indicated that melatonin retained cell membrane structure via boosting antioxidant capacity and restricting membrane lipid degradation, accordingly increased the chilling resistance and delayed the CI development in fresh passion fruit.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927124002788Passion fruitMelatoninChilling injuryAntioxidant abilityMembrane lipid metabolism
spellingShingle Yuzhao Lin
Hongbin Chen
Yazhen Chen
Bowen Tan
Xuanjing Jiang
Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
Current Research in Food Science
Passion fruit
Melatonin
Chilling injury
Antioxidant ability
Membrane lipid metabolism
title Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
title_full Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
title_fullStr Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
title_full_unstemmed Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
title_short Melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold-stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
title_sort melatonin alleviated chilling injury of cold stored passion fruit by modulating cell membrane structure via acting on antioxidant ability and membrane lipid metabolism
topic Passion fruit
Melatonin
Chilling injury
Antioxidant ability
Membrane lipid metabolism
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927124002788
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